IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vly
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015NY111002
  • User Pedon ID: S2015NY111002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0624
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82626
  • User Project ID: Future
  • Project Name: MLRA 140 - Catskill Spodosol Study
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024
  • 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: 41.9981667
  • Std. Longitude: -74.3858611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Peekamoose Mountain, NY USGS topoquad; Slide Mountain; NYDEC forest land
  • Map Unit: RXE—Rock outcrop-Arnot complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes
  • State: New York
  • County: NY111—Ulster
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-BEL—Belmont, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41074-H4—Peekamoose Mountain, New York
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Olga Vargas, Steve Parisio
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vly
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/2015
  • Classifier - Olga Vargas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Olga Vargas, Steve Parisio
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oi

    Oa

    E

    Bhs

    0

    2

    8

    28

    2

    8

    28

    42

    16N02689

    16N02690

    16N02691

    16N02692

    7.4

    9.6

    12.5

    13.8

    9

    10.6

    3.5

    3.2

    80.1

    76.6

    18.6

    17.5

    30.1

    33.9

    19.7

    15.8

    7.3

    5.9

    4.4

    3.5

    lcos

    cosl

    100

    100

    52

    12

    3.9

    3.6

    3.6

    3.8

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Oi

    Oa

    E

    Bhs

    0

    2

    8

    28

    2

    8

    28

    42

    16N02689

    16N02690

    16N02691

    16N02692

    3.2

    3.1

    3.4

    3.7

    7.6

    7.9

    103.8

    90.5

    6.9

    14.8

    179.2

    157.9

    14

    40.2

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Oi

    Oa

    E

    Bhs

    0

    2

    8

    28

    2

    8

    28

    42

    16N02689

    16N02690

    16N02691

    16N02692

    11.7

    12.5

    6.1

    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

    30

    1259.5

    160

    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; very friable; few medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 5-12-20 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 20-48-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02689; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face highly decomposed plant material; very friable; few medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 20-48-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 2 percent by volume , 4 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 6 percent by volume , 11 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 5-12-20 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02690; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) broken face, gray (7.5YR 5/1) broken face, dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; friable; common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-75-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 7 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-12-20 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 20-48-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N02691; moist when described; observed in pit, small. < 1cm of Bs (7.5YR 3/3) broken
    Bhs—28 to 42 centimeters (11.0 to 16.5 inches); very gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-75-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-12-20 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N02692; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C—42 to 70 centimeters (16.5 to 27.6 inches); flaggy; 95 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method.; observed in pit, small