IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenbelt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005NY061006
  • User Pedon ID: S2005NY061006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0310
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18564
  • 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: 40.7084548
  • Std. Longitude: -74.0120635
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 89 Broadway (at Rector)
  • Map Unit: UoA—Urban land, outwash substratum, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • 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: 40074-F1—Jersey City, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Shaw, Phil Smith, Lindsay Reinhardt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenbelt
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenbelt
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/2005 (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 - rain
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—41

    41—127

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    —86—
    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

    6.1

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    10.7

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    289

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    ^Au1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium faint and 3 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 25 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 1 percent by volume 2-11-19 millimeter boiler slag and 7 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter concrete; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01685; observed in pit, small
    ^Au2—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume flat 2-39-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 1 percent by volume 2-11-19 millimeter boiler slag; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2^ABu—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; cobbly sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments and 1 percent by volume flat 2-39-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 1 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter brick and 1 percent by volume 2-11-19 millimeter boiler slag; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3^ACu—36 to 41 centimeters (14.2 to 16.1 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; loose; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments and 1 percent by volume flat 2-39-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 1 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter concrete and 1 percent by volume 2-11-19 millimeter boiler slag; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01686; observed in pit, small
    4^BAu—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dry; very cobbly coarse sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 6 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; 4 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter concrete and 5 percent by volume 75-162-249 millimeter brick; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, phenol red; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    5^BCu1—69 to 114 centimeters (27.2 to 44.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; sandy loam, sandy clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent by volume flat 2-39-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; 1 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter brick and 1 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter untreated wood; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red.; observed in pit, small
    5^BCu2—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; sandy clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent by volume flat 2-39-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red.; observed in auger, bucket