IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Montauk
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998NY081002
  • User Pedon ID: S1998NY081002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998NY081002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0356
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10627
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 40.7597237
  • Std. Longitude: -73.7558365
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Alley Pond Park near Cross Island Parkway
  • Map Unit: MoC—Montauk loam, 8 to 15 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-G7—Flushing, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.A. Hernandez, S. Siefried, R.B. Tunstead
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Montauk (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 87 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MONTAUK
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lodgment till
  • Landform: terminal moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/20/1998 (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

    ALPE4

    BELE

    FAGR

    FRAM2

    PRSE2

    QURU

    ROAC

    Alliaria petiolata

    Betula lenta

    Fagus grandifolia

    Fraxinus americana

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus rubra

    Rosa acicularis

    garlic mustard

    sweet birch

    American beech

    white ash

    black cherry

    northern red oak

    prickly rose

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    87 - 184

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    densic materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—10

    34—87

    87—184

    87—184

    87—101

    101—184

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    —53—

    —97—

    —97—

    —14—

    —83—
    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

    14

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    15.7

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    315

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    Oi—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 98P02093. Litter
    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; very fine and fine roots throughout and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and fine and medium pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02094
    BA—10 to 34 centimeters (3.9 to 13.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; medium and coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02095
    Bw1—34 to 65 centimeters (13.4 to 25.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; medium and coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02096
    Bw2—65 to 87 centimeters (25.6 to 34.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02097
    2Cd1—87 to 101 centimeters (34.3 to 39.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loamy sand; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent irregular manganese nodules around rock fragments; 1 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02098
    2Cd2—101 to 184 centimeters (39.8 to 72.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) gravelly loamy sand; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent medium platy manganese nodules between peds and 3 percent medium irregular manganese nodules around rock fragments; 1 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P02099