IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riverhead
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997NY081005
  • User Pedon ID: S1997NY081005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0065
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10338
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 40.6891403
  • Std. Longitude: -73.7734756
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Queens, Roy Wilkins Park.
  • Map Unit: RvA—Riverhead loamy coarse sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: New York
  • County: NY081—Queens
  • 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: NY081—Queens County, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40073-E8—Coney Island, New York

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Riverhead
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riverhead
  • Classificaton Date - 1/30/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/30/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—20

    20—95

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    —75—
    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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) highly organic loamy coarse sand; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 6 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00468
    Bw1—20 to 55 centimeters (7.9 to 21.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy loam; moderate thick platy, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00469
    Bw2—55 to 80 centimeters (21.7 to 31.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 7 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00470
    2BC—80 to 95 centimeters (31.5 to 37.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse sand; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonplastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 8 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00471
    2C1—95 to 130 centimeters (37.4 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose, nonplastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 3 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00472
    2C2—130 to 200 centimeters (51.2 to 78.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonplastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 11 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 98P00473