IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Barren
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999NY047002
  • User Pedon ID: S1999NY047002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999NY047002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0562
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11421
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 40.6036110
  • Std. Longitude: -73.8886108
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: (Rockwell GPS Receiver)
  • Map Unit: BaA—Barren sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • 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: David Diaz, Luis A. Hernandez, 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Barren (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/2/2017
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BARREN
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy dredge spoils
  • Landscape: lowland
  • Anthropogenic Feature: dredged fill
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Drainage Class: somewhat 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 - 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

    MOREL2

    Morella

    bayberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—13

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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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    2.7

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    ^A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03508
    ^Bw—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) stratified sand; gray (10YR 6/1) and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03509
    ^Bg—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) stratified sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03510
    ^Cg1—43 to 89 centimeters (16.9 to 35.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) stratified sand; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03511
    ^Cg2—89 to 165 centimeters (35.0 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) stratified sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse faint mottles; massive; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P03512