IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vly

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2016NY111001

User Pedon ID: S2016NY111001

Vegetation Plot ID: S2016NY111001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 17N0126

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87445

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: 42.0914028

Std. Longitude: -74.4896250

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Balsam Mountain, Catskills

State: New York

County: NY111—Ulster

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: NY111—Ulster County, New York

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42074-A4—Shandaken, New York

PEDON

Describers Name: Olga Vargas, Steve Parisio

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Dystrudepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.3b

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Vly

Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic 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

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: excessively

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/24/2016 (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			%	%	%	%	%	%		%	%	%	%	%			%	%
Oi Oe E Bhs R	0 10 16 41 72	10 16 41 72 —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — 7.8 8.1 —	— — — — —	— — 21.4 24.4 —	— — 15.7 15.9 —	— — 5.7 8.5 —	— — 70.8 67.5 —	— — — — —	— — 2.2 2.8 —	— — 13.6 14.6 —	— — 31.2 26.2 —	— — 16.7 16.4 —	— — 7.1 7.5 —	— — — — —	— — — — —	52 20 — — —	42 20 — — —	4.3 3.9 3.5 3.5 —

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 Oe E Bhs R	0 10 16 41 72	10 16 41 72 —	— — — — —	3.9 3.3 3.4 3.6 —	— — 7.4 8.3 —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —		— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	112.3 62.3 6.6 13.8 —	173.2 92.5 12.5 27 —

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 Oe E Bhs R	0 10 16 41 72	10 16 41 72 —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ABBA BEAL2 FRAXI	Abies balsamea Betula alleghaniensis Fraxinus	balsam fir yellow birch ash	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, lithic	—	72 -	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
cambic horizon lithic contact	41—72 72—	—- —-

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	—	—	1061	—	280	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oi—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) slightly decomposed plant material; many very fine roots and common medium roots and many fine roots and few coarse roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00733

Oe—10 to 16 centimeters (3.9 to 6.3 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) moderately decomposed plant material; friable; many very fine roots and common very coarse roots and common medium roots and many fine roots and common coarse roots; 3 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00734

E—16 to 41 centimeters (6.3 to 16.1 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) very flaggy sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; common medium roots and few fine roots and common coarse roots; 5 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00735

Bhs—41 to 72 centimeters (16.1 to 28.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) flaggy sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; common medium roots and few fine roots and common coarse roots; 10 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00736

R—72 centimeters (28.3 inches); bedrock; fragments.