IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Jamaica
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999NY047001
  • User Pedon ID: S1999NY047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0561
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11420
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 40.5997238
  • Std. Longitude: -73.8888855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: (Rockwell GPS Receiver)
  • Map Unit: JaA—Jamaica sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently ponded
  • State: New York
  • County: NY047—Kings
  • 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: NY047—Kings County, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40073-E8—Coney Island, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David Diaz, Luis A. Hernandez and Robert Tunstead
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Dredgic, mixed, mesic Typic Psammaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Jamaica (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2017
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - JAMAICA
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy dredge spoils
  • Landscape: coastal lowland
  • Anthropogenic Feature: sandy dredged fill
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1999 (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

    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

    2

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    ^A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sand; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 99P03504
    ^Cg1—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) sand; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse distinct mottles; massive; very friable; medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03505
    ^Cg2—28 to 69 centimeters (11.0 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03506
    ^Cg3—69 to 165 centimeters (27.2 to 65.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) fine sand; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P03507