IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laguardia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011NY061001
  • User Pedon ID: S2011NY061001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2011NY061001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N8650
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58672
  • 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: 40.8322500
  • Std. Longitude: -73.9511389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Fort Washington Park, 300 feet north-northeast of the northern parking lot off 9A exit 13.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY061—New York
  • 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: NY061—New York County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Shaw, Donald Parizek, Debbie Surabian, Edwin Muniz, Mike Wilson, Marissa Theve, Jacob Isleib
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Laguardia
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Laguardia
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: human transported material
  • Anthropogenic Feature: terrace fill
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 30
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FESTU

    Festuca

    fescue

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

    ochric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    0—14

    49—110

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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

    0

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    2.6

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    ^Au—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) highly organic fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; 2 percent by volume flat very angular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of glass; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N09176; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^CAu—14 to 21 centimeters (5.5 to 8.3 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) very gravelly artifactual sandy loam; massive; friable; 30 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; 1 percent by volume flat very angular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of glass and 5 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter noxious artifacts of boiler slag and 5 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of concrete and 5 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of brick; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N09177, 11N41566, 11N41567, 11N41568, 11N41569, 11N41570, 11N41571; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu1—21 to 28 centimeters (8.3 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) gravelly sandy loam; massive; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1 percent by volume flat very angular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of glass and 3 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of concrete and 3 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter noxious artifacts of boiler slag and 4 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of brick; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N09178; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu2—28 to 49 centimeters (11.0 to 19.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) stony sandy loam; massive; friable; 4 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 250-400-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1 percent by volume equidimensional subangular 20-47-74 millimeter concrete and 1 percent by volume equidimensional subangular 20-47-74 millimeter brick and 2 percent by volume equidimensional subangular 20-47-74 millimeter bitumen (asphalt); strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N09179, 11N41572, 11N41573, 11N41574, 11N41575, 11N41576, 11N41577; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu3—49 to 68 centimeters (19.3 to 26.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) artifactual stony fine sandy loam; 2 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; massive; friable; 8 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; 2 percent by volume equidimensional subangular 20-47-74 millimeter boiler slag and 2 percent by volume equidimensional subangular 20-162-74 millimeter boiler slag and 2 percent by volume equidimensional subangular 20-47-74 millimeter brick and 2 percent by volume equidimensional subangular 20-47-74 millimeter bitumen (asphalt); strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N09180; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu4—68 to 87 centimeters (26.8 to 34.3 inches); 93 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 7 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very stony loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1 percent by volume equidimensional subangular 20-47-74 millimeter concrete; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N09181; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^C—87 to 110 centimeters (34.3 to 43.3 inches); 95 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) extremely bouldery fine sandy loam; very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 very coarse irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 75 percent by volume nonflat 600-800-1100 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N09182; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^C'u—110 to 130 centimeters (43.3 to 51.2 inches); 90 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely bouldery fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat 600-800-1100 millimeter unspecified fragments; 2 percent by volume elongated subangular 75-162-249 millimeter metal; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 11N09183; moist when described; observed in pit, small