IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Todthill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013NY085003
  • User Pedon ID: S2013NY085003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0347
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79442
  • User Project ID: 2017, claimed
  • Project Name: MLRA 144A 149B - Soil Microbial Diversity in Urban Environments
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.5883333
  • Std. Longitude: -74.1308333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Richmond County, NY in the city of Staten Island; 2,627 feet north of the intersection of Rockland Avenue and Manor Road; 1,600 feet South South west of Sea view Hospital in a glade.
  • Map Unit: WTD—Wotalf-Todthill complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky
  • State: New York
  • County: NY085—Richmond
  • MLRA: 149B—Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40074-E2—Arthur Kill, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald Parizek, Rich Shaw
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Todthill
  • PSC - 25 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Todthill
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2013
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy till derived from serpentinite over fine-loamy residuum weathered from serpentinite
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: bedrock hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Ksat Class Lower: moderately high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: serpentinite at 64cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Donald Parizek, Edwin Muniz, Rich Shaw
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: drier than natural
  • 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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    strongly coherent

    64 - 64

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—11

    11—64

    64—64

    —11—

    —53—

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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

    11

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    66.8

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    165

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    A—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) interior highly organic loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-75 millimeter serpentinite fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01824; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—11 to 23 centimeters (4.3 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior very stony loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-150-250 millimeter serpentinite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 250-450-600 millimeter serpentinite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-75 millimeter serpentinite fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01825; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior very cobbly loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 250-450-600 millimeter serpentinite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-150-250 millimeter serpentinite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-75 millimeter serpentinite fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 14N01826; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2BC—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); 80 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very cobbly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 250-450-600 millimeter serpentinite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-150-250 millimeter serpentinite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-75 millimeter serpentinite fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.9, pH indicator solutions; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 14N01827; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2R—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); bedrock; indurated; fragments. Lab sample # 14N01828; observed in pit, small