IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenbelt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005NY061012
  • User Pedon ID: S2005NY061012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0316
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18570
  • 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: 40.8668064
  • Std. Longitude: -73.9268539
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 21 Seaman Ave (at Cumming St)
  • Map Unit: UtB—Urban land, till substratum, 3 to 8 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: 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 Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 12
  • 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 - 10/28/2005
  • 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: 10/28/2005 (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—36

    36—132

    —36—

    —96—
    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

    8.6

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    15.5

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    350

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    ^Au—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter quartz fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments; 1 percent by volume 2-11-19 millimeter boiler slag; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01699; observed in pit, small
    2^ABu—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), dry; artifactual fine sandy loam; 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 8 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments; 1 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter potsherd and 1 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter glass and 1 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter brick and 1 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter boiler slag; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01700; observed in pit, small
    3^BCu1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter quartz fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments; 1 percent by volume 2-11-19 millimeter boiler slag; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3^BCu2—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 very fine and 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; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3^BCu3—74 to 132 centimeters (29.1 to 52.0 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments; 1 percent by volume 20-47-74 millimeter glass; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, phenol red.; observed in pit, small