IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenbelt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005NY061004
  • User Pedon ID: S2005NY061004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0308
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18562
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.7986572
  • Std. Longitude: -73.9661186
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 881 Amsterdam Ave (at 103rd Street)
  • Map Unit: UGBl—Urban land-Greenbelt complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes, low impervious surface
  • State: New York
  • County: NY061—New York
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40073-G8—Central Park, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Shaw, Phil Smith, Lindsay Reinhardt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenbelt
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/19/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenbelt
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: human-transported material
  • Anthropogenic Feature: fill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/2005 (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
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—10

    10—28

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    —18—
    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

    0.9

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    32.9

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    292

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    ^Au—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; slightly hard; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 1 percent by volume 2-11-19 millimeter glass and 1 percent by volume 2-11-19 millimeter boiler slag; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01681; observed in pit, small
    ^BCu—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches);, 55 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 45 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.1 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 1 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter metal and 1 percent by volume 20-11-74 millimeter glass and 1 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter potsherd and 1 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter brick and 1 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter concrete; neutral, pH 7.3; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu1—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches);, 85 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; massive; hard; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments; 1 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter concrete and 1 percent by volume 20-11-74 millimeter glass and 1 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter boiler slag; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu2—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches);, 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 25 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 15 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; loam; massive; moderately hard; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 1 percent by volume 2-11-19 millimeter boiler slag; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 07N01682; observed in pit, small