IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rikers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009NY085004
  • User Pedon ID: S2009NY085004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0888
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24013
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.5916138
  • Std. Longitude: -74.1404037
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: RiB—Rikers artifactual coarse sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New York
  • County: NY085—Richmond
  • MLRA: 149B—Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY085—Richmond County, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40074-E2—Arthur Kill, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lindsay Reinhardt, Richard Shaw, Steve Indrick, Donald Parizek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Combustic, mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rikers
  • Classificaton Date - 1/15/2016
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rikers
  • Classificaton Date - 4/27/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: human-transported material derived from coal
  • Anthropogenic Feature: fill
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/27/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    lithologic discontinuity

    53—200

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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

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    62.3

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) moderately decomposed plant material; loose; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; 13 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-11-19 millimeter noxious artifacts of coal combustion byproducts; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03187; observed in pit, small
    ^Au—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); black (N 2.5/), artifactual loamy coarse sand; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments; 25 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-11-19 millimeter noxious artifacts of coal combustion byproducts; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03188; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu1—8 to 35 centimeters (3.1 to 13.8 inches); 50 percent black (N 2.5/), and 40 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) artifactual coarse sand; massive; very friable; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments; 29 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-11-19 millimeter noxious artifacts of coal combustion byproducts; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03189; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu2—35 to 53 centimeters (13.8 to 20.9 inches); 95 percent black (N 2.5/), and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) artifactual coarse sand; massive; very friable; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments; 33 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-11-19 millimeter noxious artifacts of coal combustion byproducts; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03190; observed in pit, small
    2^Cu3—53 to 87 centimeters (20.9 to 34.3 inches); 97 percent black (N 2.5/), and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) very artifactual coarse sand; massive; very friable; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter conglomerate, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-11-20 millimeter coal fragments; 37 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-11-19 millimeter noxious artifacts of coal combustion byproducts; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03191; observed in pit, small
    3^Cu4—87 to 98 centimeters (34.3 to 38.6 inches); black (N 2.5/), coarse sand; massive; very friable; 10 percent by volume 2-11-20 millimeter coal fragments; 5 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-11-19 millimeter noxious artifacts of coal combustion byproducts; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03192; observed in pit, small
    4^Cu5—98 to 120 centimeters (38.6 to 47.2 inches); black (N 2.5/), very artifactual sand; massive; very friable; 0.1 medium roots and 0.1 fine roots; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter coal fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter conglomerate, unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter conglomerate, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter conglomerate, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter conglomerate, unspecified fragments; 42 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-11-19 millimeter noxious artifacts of coal combustion byproducts; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03193; observed in pit, small
    5^Cu6—120 to 200 centimeters (47.2 to 78.7 inches); 90 percent black (N 2.5/), and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) artifactual loamy coarse sand; massive; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter serpentinite fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter serpentinite fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter conglomerate, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter conglomerate, unspecified fragments; 21 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-11-19 millimeter noxious artifacts of coal combustion byproducts; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 09N03194; observed in pit, small