IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Adirondack
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007NY033001
  • User Pedon ID: S2007NY033001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2007NY033001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0270
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19816
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 44.7831955
  • Std. Longitude: -74.0940018
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: north of "East Mountain" and near Cold Spring Hunting Club Cabin
  • Map Unit: 727B—Skerry-Adirondack complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very bouldery
  • State: New York
  • County: NY033—Franklin
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY033—Franklin County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Indrick, K. Shadle, and T. Trevail
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Typic Endoaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Adirondack
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Typic Endoaquods
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 1.60 percent subangular
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree 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

    2MOSS

    ACRU

    FAGUS

    VIBUR

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    Acer rubrum

    Fagus

    Viburnum

    Moss

    red maple

    beech

    viburnum

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

    spodic horizon

    26—61

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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

    3

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    610

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    160

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) moderately decomposed plant material; structureless massive; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 4 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8; clear smooth boundary.
    Oa—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) highly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 4 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    E—15 to 26 centimeters (5.9 to 10.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 08N01724
    Bh—26 to 37 centimeters (10.2 to 14.6 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume subangular 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N01725
    Bhs—37 to 53 centimeters (14.6 to 20.9 inches); 60 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and 15 percent black (5YR 2.5/1) and 25 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct dark gray (7.5YR 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; ; fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N01726
    Bs—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); 60 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and 40 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist, and gray (7.5YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N01727
    BC—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); 50 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 2 percent by volume subangular 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N01728
    Cd—76 to 183 centimeters (29.9 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly loamy sand; structureless massive, and weak platy; very firm; 2 percent by volume subangular 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # 08N01729