IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenbelt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005NY061005
  • User Pedon ID: S2005NY061005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0309
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18563
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.8024921
  • Std. Longitude: -73.9618485
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1047 Amsterdam Ave (at 113th 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 #: 5
  • 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 - barren land
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - culturally induced barren
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    0—28

    28—79

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    —51—
    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

    12

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    34.6

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    220

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    ^Au—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dry; highly organic loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; soft; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-5-5 millimeter quartz fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-5-5 millimeter coal fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01683; observed in pit, small
    ^ABu—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches);, 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft; 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 2 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-5-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-5-5 millimeter coal fragments; 1 percent by volume 2-11-19 millimeter boiler slag; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    ^Bwu—28 to 79 centimeters (11.0 to 31.1 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 1 percent by volume 2-11-19 millimeter boiler slag; neutral, pH 7.3, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; loose; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 30 percent medium prominent masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 07N01684; observed in pit, small