IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Haledon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013NY085001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013NY085001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2013NY085001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0345
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79440
  • User Project ID: 2017, claimed
  • Project Name: MLRA 144A 149B - Soil Microbial Diversity in Urban Environments
  • 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: 40.5330444
  • Std. Longitude: -74.1828056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: approximately 45 meters SSE of the deadend of Ruggles Street; SW off the hiking trail
  • Map Unit: HHA—Haledon-Hasbrouck complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently ponded
  • State: New York
  • County: NY085—Richmond
  • 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: NY085—Richmond County, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40074-E2—Arthur Kill, New York
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald Parizek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, subactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Haledon
  • PSC - 24 to 57 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Haledon
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 18 to 118 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/2013
  • Classifier - Edwin Muniz
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: flow till
  • Landscape: glaciated upland
  • Landform: terminal moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately low
  • Ksat Class Lower: moderately low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/2013 (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
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2FERN

    ACRU

    LIBE3

    LIST2

    QUPA2

    SMILA2

    TORA2

    Acer rubrum

    Lindera benzoin

    Liquidambar styraciflua

    Quercus palustris

    Smilax

    Toxicodendron radicans

    Fern or Fern Ally

    red maple

    northern spicebush

    sweetgum

    pin oak

    greenbrier

    eastern poison ivy

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

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    57 - 155

    - 98 -

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

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    sapric soil materials

    argillic horizon

    fragic soil properties

    fragipan

    0—4

    0—10

    4—10

    24—155

    57—155

    57—155

    —4—

    —10—

    —6—

    —137—

    —98—

    —98—

    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

    2

    29

    259

    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; very abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01799; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) highly decomposed plant material; moderate coarse granular, and moderate very coarse granular structure; friable; many very fine roots throughout and many very coarse roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; many medium irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01800; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; common fine irregular and common fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 20-38-75 millimeter charcoal fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01801; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—18 to 24 centimeters (7.1 to 9.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; common fine irregular and common fine tubular pores; 5 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01802; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—24 to 42 centimeters (9.4 to 16.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few very fine roots between peds and few fine roots between peds; common fine irregular and common fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/3) clay films; 5 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01803; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—42 to 57 centimeters (16.5 to 22.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few very fine roots between peds and few medium roots between peds and few fine roots between peds; common very fine tubular and common fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay films; 5 percent distinct pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) iron depletions and 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01804; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btx1—57 to 85 centimeters (22.4 to 33.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; few very fine roots between peds and few medium roots between peds and few fine roots between peds; few fine irregular and few fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent coarse distinct pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) iron depletions on surfaces along pores and 8 percent very coarse prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses on faces of peds and 15 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01805; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1146880; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1146880
    Btx21—85 to 120 centimeters (33.5 to 47.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; few very fine roots between peds and few fine roots between peds; few fine irregular pores; 30 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) manganese masses throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 14N01806; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1146881; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1146881
    Btx22—120 to 155 centimeters (47.2 to 61.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; few very fine roots between peds and few fine roots between peds; few fine irregular pores; 30 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) manganese masses throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 14N01807; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1146882; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1146882
    C—155 to 220 centimeters (61.0 to 86.6 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 2 percent fine prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) manganese masses throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 14N01808; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket