IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Worth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010NY049004
  • User Pedon ID: S2010NY049004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2010NY049004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0184
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40032
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • 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: 43.6118583
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6115028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: backhoe pit at boundary of State land and GMO land
  • Map Unit: 3115D—Worth very fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes
  • State: New York
  • County: NY049—Lewis
  • MLRA: 141—Tug Hill Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY049—Lewis County, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43075-E5—High Market, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hunyadi Langner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Typic Fragiorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Worth
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Typic Fragiorthods
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: ablation till derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landform: drumlin
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/14/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACSA3

    BETUL

    FAGUS

    Acer saccharum

    Betula

    Fagus

    sugar maple

    birch

    beech

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

    fragipan

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

    fragipan

    103—168

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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

    15

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    573

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    95

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    Oi—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3) slightly decomposed plant material; structureless massive; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Oa—7 to 10 centimeters (2.8 to 3.9 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) highly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    E—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume flat subangular 150-?-380 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    Bs1—15 to 22 centimeters (5.9 to 8.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00836; observed in trench
    Bs2—22 to 35 centimeters (8.7 to 13.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    Bhs—35 to 61 centimeters (13.8 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    Bs3—61 to 88 centimeters (24.0 to 34.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume flat subrounded 150-?-380 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    E'—88 to 103 centimeters (34.6 to 40.6 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly loamy fine sand, fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume flat subangular 380-?-600 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    Bx—103 to 168 centimeters (40.6 to 66.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; firm; brittle; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 2 percent silt coats on surfaces along pores; coarse light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron between peds and fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume flat subangular 380-?-600 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    C—168 to 200 centimeters (66.1 to 78.7 inches); 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) very gravelly loamy fine sand, fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; 1 percent by volume flat subangular 380-?-600 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter.; observed in trench