IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Erie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09NY123041
  • User Pedon ID: S2009NY123041
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09NY123041
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0152
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36917
  • 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: 42.5876389
  • Std. Longitude: -77.1982500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Jerusalem. North of Stever Hill Rd. and West of Darby Corners Rd.
  • Map Unit: 69A—Erie channery silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: New York
  • County: NY123—Yates
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY123—Yates County, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42077-E2—Pulteney, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt Havens and Dean Shields
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Fragiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Erie
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Fragiaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 13
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2GLA

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    Grasslike, annual

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

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    36 - 97

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

    fragipan

    36—97

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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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    439

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    74

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00701; observed in pit, small
    Eg—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); 70 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 30 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 12 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00702; observed in pit, small. There is Ap material filling in worm channels in this horizon
    Bx1—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 30 percent medium and coarse prominent 10Y 5/6 (10Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent medium and coarse distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 12 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00703; observed in pit, small. Streak Colors: 2.5Y 6/1 interior with 7.5YR 5/6 rind. Streaks are 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick
    Bx2—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) channery loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 30 percent medium and coarse distinct gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 30 percent medium and coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 17 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00704; observed in pit, small
    BC—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) channery loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent fine and medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 20 percent fine and medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 18 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00705; observed in pit, small
    C—114 to 157 centimeters (44.9 to 61.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) very channery loam; massive; firm; 10 percent by volume flat 75-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume flat 2-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red.; observed in pit, small