IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mosholu
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011NY005002
  • User Pedon ID: S2011NY005002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2011NY005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N8648
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58670
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 40.9056389
  • Std. Longitude: -73.8944167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Van Cortlandt park, Bronx NY; from Rt 9 (on west side of park) turn into the road for the Riverdale Equestrian Center/Stables, take a left at the NYC Parks facility; past gate, north of the road salt storage facility in forested area
  • State: New York
  • County: NY005—Bronx
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY005—Bronx County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Shaw, Debbie Surabian, Marissa Theve, Fred Shoenagel, Mike Wilson, Donald Parizek, Jacob Isleib
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, combustic, mixed, mesic Anthroportic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mosholu (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/15/2016
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mosholu
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coal ash/slag human transported material
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: depression
  • Anthropogenic Feature: fill
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for extremely brief periods
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent nonflat subangular 250- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/20/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 27
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    IMBI2

    PRSE2

    ROPS

    ULRU

    VIOLA

    Carya

    Impatiens biflora

    Prunus serotina

    Robinia pseudoacacia

    Ulmus rubra

    Viola

    hybrid hickory

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    black cherry

    black locust

    slippery elm

    violet

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

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    0—10

    60—175

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    —115—
    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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    11.1

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    ^Au1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; 4 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-15-75 millimeter noxious artifacts of boiler slag; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N09160; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Au2—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; highly organic gravelly-artifactual coarse sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 1 percent by volume flat angular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of potsherd and 2 percent by volume flat very angular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of glass and 7 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter noxious artifacts of boiler slag and 8 percent by volume flat angular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of metal; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N09161; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches);, 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 40 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and 20 percent black (N 2.5/),, moist; highly organic very artifactual loamy coarse sand; massive; friable; fragments; 6 percent by volume equidimensional subrounded cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-15-20 millimeter noxious artifacts of coal combustion byproducts and 31 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter noxious artifacts of boiler slag; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N09162; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu2—20 to 37 centimeters (7.9 to 14.6 inches);, 80 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; highly organic very artifactual loamy coarse sand; massive; firm; fragments; 3 percent by volume equidimensional subrounded cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-15-20 millimeter noxious artifacts of coal combustion byproducts and 34 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter noxious artifacts of boiler slag; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N09163; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu3—37 to 38 centimeters (14.6 to 15.0 inches);, black (5YR 2.5/1), moist; highly organic very artifactual coarse sand; massive; firm; fragments; 95 percent by volume flat angular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter metal; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N09164; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu4—38 to 45 centimeters (15.0 to 17.7 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; highly organic artifactual coarse sandy loam; massive; firm; fragments; 1 percent by volume flat very angular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of glass and 4 percent by volume equidimensional subrounded cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-15-74 millimeter noxious artifacts of coal combustion byproducts and 1 percent by volume flat very angular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter noxious artifacts of boiler slag; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 11N09165; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu5—45 to 72 centimeters (17.7 to 28.3 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; highly organic artifactual loamy coarse sand; massive; firm; fragments; 11 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter noxious artifacts of boiler slag and 15 percent by volume equidimensional subrounded cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-15-20 millimeter noxious artifacts of coal combustion byproducts; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 11N09166; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu6—72 to 143 centimeters (28.3 to 56.3 inches);, 85 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) and 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; highly organic artifactual coarse sand; massive; firm; fragments; 3 percent by volume equidimensional very angular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-11-19 millimeter innocuous artifacts of glass and 21 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-11-19 millimeter noxious artifacts of boiler slag. Lab sample # 11N09167; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2^Cu—143 to 160 centimeters (56.3 to 63.0 inches);, black (5YR 2.5/1), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; 12 percent by volume flat subrounded cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 75-162-249 millimeter innocuous artifacts of rubber.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    3Cg—160 to 175 centimeters (63.0 to 68.9 inches);, very dark gray (5Y 3/1), moist; silt loam; massive; friable; fragments.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket