IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bigapple
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998NY047001
  • User Pedon ID: S1998NY047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0354
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10625
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.5989990
  • Std. Longitude: -73.8948593
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New York
  • County: NY047—Kings
  • MLRA: 149B—Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY047—Kings County, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40073-E8—Coney Island, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.A. Hernandez, J.M. Galbraith, R.B. Tunstead
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Dredgic, mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bigapple
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2017
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BIGAPPLE
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/20/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    artifacts

    albic horizon

    cambic horizon

    0—21

    0—121

    9—21

    21—39

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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

    1

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    3

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    ^A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02083
    ^E—9 to 21 centimeters (3.5 to 8.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02084
    ^Bw—21 to 39 centimeters (8.3 to 15.4 inches); 90 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 10 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02085
    ^BC—39 to 70 centimeters (15.4 to 27.6 inches); 85 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 5 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) coarse sand; massive; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-3-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02086
    ^C1—70 to 107 centimeters (27.6 to 42.1 inches); 85 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 5 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) coarse sand; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-3-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02087
    ^C2—107 to 121 centimeters (42.1 to 47.6 inches); 80 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 10 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sand; massive; very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-3-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02088. common coarse distinct dusky red (10r 3/4) mottles and "Ironstone like" fragments.
    ^C3—121 to 126 centimeters (47.6 to 49.6 inches); 90 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 10 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) sand; massive; very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-5-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P02089