IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Howard
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NY109012
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NY109012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0268
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32796
  • 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: 42.5002785
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3199997
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 100 yards north of Route 38, 1 mile west of Dryden, Tompkins County, New York. Aerial photo ARU-1N-167.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY109—Tompkins
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY109—Tompkins County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Howard
  • PSC - 58 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/21/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/21/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01969
    A21—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01970
    A22—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly loam; weak thin platy structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01971. Pockets of this horizon extend downward 15 to 20 inches into horizons below at intervals of about 10 inches and have been described as inverted cones in appearance.
    B1—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A01972
    B2t—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) gravelly clay loam, silt, very fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A01973
    C—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly sandy clay loam, sandy loam; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A01974. Calcareous at 38 inches.