IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laguardia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011NY081001
  • User Pedon ID: S2011NY081001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N8651
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58673
  • 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: 40.7475556
  • Std. Longitude: -73.8435278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: LEA—Laguardia-Ebbets complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: New York
  • County: NY081—Queens
  • MLRA: 149B—Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY081—Queens County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Shaw, Donald Parizek, Jacob Isleib
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • 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 - 5/10/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: human transported material
  • Anthropogenic Feature: filled marshland
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/10/2011 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—20

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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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    ^Au1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly-artifactual coarse sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; 13 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of brick and 1 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-38-74 millimeter noxious artifacts of coal combustion byproducts and 1 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of plastic and 1 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of glass; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N09184; observed in pit, small
    ^Au2—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); 80 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 20 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly-artifactual sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 9 percent by volume , 31 percent by weight nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-38-74 millimeter noxious artifacts of coal combustion byproducts and 1 percent by volume flat angular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of potsherd and 1 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-38-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of glass and 1 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-38-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of concrete and 1 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-38-74 millimeter noxious artifacts of bitumen (asphalt); strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N09185; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu1—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); 60 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and 40 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 24 percent by volume , 35 percent by weight nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 2 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 75-162-249 millimeter innocuous artifacts of concrete and 4 percent by volume flat angular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 75-47-249 millimeter innocuous artifacts of potsherd and 2 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 75-162-249 millimeter innocuous artifacts of glass; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N09186; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu2—40 to 60 centimeters (15.7 to 23.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) highly organic artifactual coarse sandy loam; massive; firm; 24 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1 percent by volume elongated cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of metal and 2 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter noxious artifacts of boiler slag and 1 percent by volume elongated cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of concrete and 1 percent by volume elongated cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-47-74 millimeter innocuous artifacts of concrete; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N09187; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu3—60 to 84 centimeters (23.6 to 33.1 inches); 90 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) highly organic artifactual coarse sandy loam; massive; firm; 20 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 15 percent by volume equidimensional subangular cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 75-162-249 millimeter innocuous artifacts of concrete; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N09188; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu4—84 to 128 centimeters (33.1 to 50.4 inches); 60 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and 40 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) highly organic artifactual sandy loam; massive; firm; 3 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; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 11N09189; observed in pit, small