IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Howard
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003NY003027
  • User Pedon ID: S03NY003027
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0376
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17095
  • Print Date: 5/6/2024

    • 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: 42.4580307
  • Std. Longitude: -77.7355652
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 125B—Howard gravelly loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: New York
  • County: NY003—Allegany
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY003—Allegany County Area, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42077-D6—Arkport, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matthew W. Havens, Steven E. Antes, and Dean A. Shields
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Glossic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Howard
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Glossic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 10/30/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash gravel
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 18
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Air Temp - 10
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    argillic horizon

    21—53

    53—81

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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

    4

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    369

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    260

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02244; observed in pit, small
    B/Et1—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); 90 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) very gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on rock fragments and 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02245; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 250295; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 250297; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 250295; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 250297
    B/Et2—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); 86 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 14 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on rock fragments and 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02246; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 250299; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 250300; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 250299; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 250300
    BC—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely gravelly loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02247; observed in pit, small
    C1—94 to 165 centimeters (37.0 to 65.0 inches); 85 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02248; observed in pit, small
    C2—165 to 173 centimeters (65.0 to 68.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02249; observed in pit, small
    C3—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) extremely gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 04N02250; observed in pit, small