IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gloucester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NY019002
  • User Pedon ID: 87NY019002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987NY019002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0623
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59918
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024
  • 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: 44.4727783
  • Std. Longitude: -73.7188873
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Clinton County, NY: 0.5 mi E on Fern Lake road from County Rt. 15.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY019—Clinton
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brian F. Grisi, Shawn M. Finn, Ted D. Trevail
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gloucester
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berkshire
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    PIST

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    eastern white pine

    northern red oak

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

    spodic horizon

    5—41

    —-

    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

    5

    351

    225

    900

    7

    18

    -8

    1Oi—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior Error; very friable; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03293; moist when described;. many fine roots; many medium roots throughout
    1A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior gravelly fine sandy loam, cobbles; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03293; moist when described;. many fine roots; common medium roots throughout
    1E—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); 50 percent reddish gray (5YR 5/2) interior and 50 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior gravelly fine sandy loam, cobbles; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent faint , moist, clay films on sand and gravel; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 87P03294; moist when described;. Pockets and tongues of A extend into the E horizon; very few clay films surface features on sand and gravel; many fine roots; common medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 222149; patchy - phpvsfiid 222149
    1Bhs—5 to 9 centimeters (2.0 to 3.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior gravelly fine sandy loam, cobbles; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel and 55 percent faint , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03295; moist when described;. Also some clean sand grains, part of the E horizon has pockets and tongues into the Bhs.; many iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; few iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; many fine roots; common medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 222150; continuous - phpvsfiid 222151; continuous - phpvsfiid 222150; continuous - phpvsfiid 222151
    1Bs1—9 to 26 centimeters (3.5 to 10.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam, cobbles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel and 55 percent faint , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03296; moist when described;. Horizon has a very light and fluffy feel.; many iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; few iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; many fine roots; common medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 222152; continuous - phpvsfiid 232187; continuous - phpvsfiid 222152; continuous - phpvsfiid 232187
    1Bs2—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior gravelly fine sandy loam, cobbles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent faint , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03297; moist when described;. many iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; common medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 232188; continuous - phpvsfiid 232188
    1Bs3—41 to 52 centimeters (16.1 to 20.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior gravelly loamy fine sand, cobbles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent faint , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03298; moist when described;. common iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; few fine roots; few medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 232189; patchy - phpvsfiid 232189
    1BC—52 to 82 centimeters (20.5 to 32.3 inches); 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) interior and 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior gravelly loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent faint , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03299; moist when described;. very few iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; few fine roots; few medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 232190; patchy - phpvsfiid 232190
    1C—82 to 152 centimeters (32.3 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior gravelly loamy fine sand; massive; 0.5 medium roots in cracks and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, phenol red. Lab sample # 87P03300; moist when described;. Firm in place and friable remove.; few fine roots; few medium roots in cracks