IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Becket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016NY031002
  • User Pedon ID: S2016NY031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87706
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 44.2449722
  • Std. Longitude: -73.9973056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: SkB—Skerry fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: New York
  • County: NY031—Essex
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY031—Essex County, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44073-B8—North Elba, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J I Cruz, R C Fox, G W Smith
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Becket
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/2016
  • Classifier - J I Cruz, R C Fox, G W Smith
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy lodgment till derived from gneiss
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: J I Cruz, R C Fox, G W Smith
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    densic material

    noncoherent

    78 - 120

    - 42 -

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

    spodic horizon

    densic contact

    16—27

    78—120

    —-

    —-
    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

    4

    —

    —

    625

    —

    340

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; many very fine roots and many fine roots; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00267; observed in trench
    Bs—16 to 27 centimeters (6.3 to 10.6 inches); sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; common fine roots; few very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00268; observed in trench
    BC1—27 to 43 centimeters (10.6 to 16.9 inches); gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; few fine roots in cracks; few fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 14 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00269; observed in trench
    BC2—43 to 78 centimeters (16.9 to 30.7 inches); gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; high excavation difficulty; very few fine roots in cracks; few fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent medium prominent 5Y 5/8 (5Y 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 14 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00270; observed in trench
    Cd—78 to 120 centimeters (30.7 to 47.2 inches); gravelly loamy sand; massive parts to weak medium platy, and massive parts to weak coarse platy; very firm; brittle; very high excavation difficulty; 3 percent by volume subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 16 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 17N00271; observed in trench