IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Halcott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016NY039002
  • User Pedon ID: S2016NY039002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2016NY039002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0125
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87653
  • 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: 42.1860750
  • Std. Longitude: -74.2322111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hunter Mountain, Catskills
  • State: New York
  • County: NY039—Greene
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-BEL—Belmont, New York
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY039—Greene County, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42074-B2—Hunter, New York
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Olga Vargas, Steve Parisio
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, frigid Lithic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.3b
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Halcott
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, frigid Lithic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/2016
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/2/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oe

    Oa

    E

    Bhs

    Bs

    R

    0

    8

    14

    28

    34

    40

    8

    14

    28

    34

    40

    8.1

    5.3

    7.7

    28.5

    18.8

    23.4

    21.7

    11.7

    14.6

    6.8

    7.1

    8.8

    63.4

    75.9

    68.9

    2.4

    0.8

    2.1

    16.5

    9.9

    10.7

    31

    42.3

    31

    9.4

    16.9

    16.9

    4.1

    6

    8

    56

    18

    44

    16

    4

    4.1

    3.8

    3.9

    4.1

    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

    Oe

    Oa

    E

    Bhs

    Bs

    R

    0

    8

    14

    28

    34

    40

    8

    14

    28

    34

    40

    3.4

    3.3

    3.2

    3.6

    3.7

    7.2

    8.3

    8.6

    109.1

    6.6

    8.1

    14.5

    10.8

    16.7

    30

    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 %

    Oe

    Oa

    E

    Bhs

    Bs

    R

    0

    8

    14

    28

    34

    40

    8

    14

    28

    34

    40

    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABBA

    BEPAC2

    PIRU

    Abies balsamea

    Betula papyrifera var. cordifolia

    Picea rubens

    balsam fir

    mountain paper birch

    red spruce

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

    bedrock, lithic

    40 -

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

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    28—40

    40—

    —-

    —-

    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

    10

    1131

    20

    Oe—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) moderately decomposed plant material; many very fine roots and common medium roots and many fine roots and common coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00728
    Oa—8 to 14 centimeters (3.1 to 5.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) highly decomposed plant material; few very fine roots and common medium roots and common fine roots; 5 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00729
    E—14 to 28 centimeters (5.5 to 11.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) channery sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; common medium roots and common fine roots; 5 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 30 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00730
    Bhs—28 to 34 centimeters (11.0 to 13.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; 5 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00731
    Bs—34 to 40 centimeters (13.4 to 15.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # 17N00732
    R—40 centimeters (15.7 inches); bedrock; fragments.