IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cheshire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995NY085044
  • User Pedon ID: S1995NY085044
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995NY085044
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0179
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68257
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 40.5720528
  • Std. Longitude: -74.1581778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Greenbelt Park.
  • Map Unit: CeD—Cheshire loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes
  • State: New York
  • County: NY085—Richmond
  • MLRA: 149B—Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY085—Richmond County, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40074-E2—Arthur Kill, New York

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 44
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cheshire
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/16/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cheshire
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: red till derived from igneous and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    LIST2

    PRSE2

    QUPA2

    Liquidambar styraciflua

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus palustris

    sweetgum

    black cherry

    pin oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—5

    5—71

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    8

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    16.5

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    240

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) highly organic loam; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01428
    Bw1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) loam; brown (7.5YR 4/4) mottles; strong fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01429
    Bw2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01430
    Bw3—25 to 71 centimeters (9.8 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01431
    C—71 to 152 centimeters (28.0 to 59.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 19 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P01432