IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pishagqua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2018NY047004
  • User Pedon ID: S2018NY047004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 19N0185
  • User Project ID: 202012TOL001_CZSS_High_done
  • Project Name: MLRA 149B - Jamaica Bay CZSS, New York Subaqueous Soil Survey
  • Print Date: 12/8/2025

    • 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: 40.6522860
  • Std. Longitude: -73.8569480
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Mill Creek, Fountain Landfill area.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New York
  • County: NY047—Kings
  • MLRA: 149B—Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY047—Kings County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Parizek, J. Isleib, M. Vega
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Fluventic Sulfiwassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pishagqua
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/2020
  • Classifier - Geraldine Vega
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pishagqua
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Fluventic Sulfiwassents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2018
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • Subaqueous Soils Information:
  • SAS Pipe Length Total - 457
  • SAS Pipe Length External - 240.8
  • SAS Pipe Length Unfilled - 271.2
  • SAS Core Settlement - 30.5
  • SAS Core Length - 190
  • SAS Core Storage Site - UMass Bowditch Hall 106


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty and/or sandy and/or loamy estuarine deposits
  • Landscape: estuary
  • Landform: cove (water)
  • Drainage Class: subaqueous
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/2018 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Donald Parizek, J. Isleib, M. Vega
  • Surface Water Kind: permanent
  • Surface Water Depth: 168
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - water cover
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ase1

    Ase2

    Ase3

    Cse1

    Cse2

    Cse3

    Cse4

    Cse5

    Cse6

    Cse7

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    40

    58

    82

    108

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    12.3

    20.9

    16.7

    1.3

    1.4

    9.9

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    6.1

    6.4

    27.1

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    7.1

    6.6

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    5.9

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    6.8
    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

    Ase1

    Ase2

    Ase3

    Cse1

    Cse2

    Cse3

    Cse4

    Cse5

    Cse6

    Cse7

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    2.9

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    6.5

    6.1

    1.7

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    1.9

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    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 %

    Ase1

    Ase2

    Ase3

    Cse1

    Cse2

    Cse3

    Cse4

    Cse5

    Cse6

    Cse7

    0

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    108

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

    sulfidic materials

    0—172

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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

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    Ase1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very fine sandy loam; slightly fluid; 10 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; slight sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 19N00981; observed in vibracore tube
    Ase2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); loam; slightly fluid; 4 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; slight sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 19N00982; observed in vibracore tube
    Ase3—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); loam; slightly fluid; 2 percent by volume wood fragments and 5 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; slight sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 19N00983; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse1—40 to 58 centimeters (15.7 to 22.8 inches); stratified stratified sand to silt loam; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; slight sulfurous odor; noneffervescent, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 19N00984; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse2—58 to 82 centimeters (22.8 to 32.3 inches); stratified stratified sand to fine sand; nonfluid; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 19N00985; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse3—82 to 108 centimeters (32.3 to 42.5 inches); stratified stratified fine sand to silt loam; nonfluid; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume charcoal fragments and 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 19N00986; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse4—108 to 122 centimeters (42.5 to 48.0 inches); fine sand; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; slight sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 19N00987; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse5—122 to 132 centimeters (48.0 to 52.0 inches); loamy fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; slight sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; noneffervescent, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 19N00988; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse6—132 to 150 centimeters (52.0 to 59.1 inches); loamy fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; slight sulfurous odor; noneffervescent, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 19N00989; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse7—150 to 172 centimeters (59.1 to 67.7 inches); clay loam; slightly fluid; fragments; slight sulfurous odor; noneffervescent, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 19N00990; observed in vibracore tube