IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Paxton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999NY005002
  • User Pedon ID: S1999NY005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11529
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.8642235
  • Std. Longitude: -73.8011932
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: ScB—Scio silt loam, till substratum, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: New York
  • County: NY005—Bronx
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY005—Bronx County, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40073-G7—Flushing, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Burt, R.B. Tunstead
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, active, mesic, shallow Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Paxton
  • PSC - 29 to 45 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/26/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Paxton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy loess and/or coarse-loamy flow till over coarse-loamy lodgment till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/1999 (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
    • 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

    4

    —

    —

    5.1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00043
    A—4 to 11 centimeters (1.6 to 4.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) highly organic loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 1 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 # 00P00044
    BA—11 to 34 centimeters (4.3 to 13.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00045
    Bw—34 to 45 centimeters (13.4 to 17.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots and very coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 3 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 # 00P00046. tubular pores throughout.
    Cd1—45 to 65 centimeters (17.7 to 25.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 1 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 # 00P00047. vesicular pores throughout.
    2Cd2—65 to 92 centimeters (25.6 to 36.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; massive; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00048. vesicular pores throughout.
    2Cd3—92 centimeters (36.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) gravelly sandy loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; very firm; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 1 percent medium dark reddish gray (10R 3/1) iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. vesicular pores throughout.