IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hooksan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997NY081006
  • User Pedon ID: S1997NY081006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997NY081006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0066
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10339
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.5603333
  • Std. Longitude: -73.8902206
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Queens, Fort Tilden.
  • Map Unit: HkB—Hooksan sand, 3 to 8 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: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hooksan
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/2/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hooksan
  • Classificaton Date - 1/30/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Biol. Crust Type Dominant - algae
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landform: dune on barrier island
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/30/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other shrub cover
  • 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

    LANO80

    PAQU2

    PRSE2

    SCSC

    SPPE

    TORA2

    Laurus nobilis

    Parthenocissus quinquefolia

    Prunus serotina

    Schizachyrium scoparium

    Spartina pectinata

    Toxicodendron radicans

    sweet bay

    Virginia creeper

    black cherry

    little bluestem

    prairie cordgrass

    eastern poison ivy

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—8

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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

    25

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    2.9

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    345

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00474
    C1—8 to 73 centimeters (3.1 to 28.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00475
    C2—73 to 200 centimeters (28.7 to 78.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 98P00476