IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mardin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963NY011001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963NY011001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963NY011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0281
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32809
  • Print Date: 5/15/2024

    • 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: 42.7061119
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3324966
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Cayuga County, New York. 6.3 miles east of Moravia post office, 350 feet north of Brockway Road.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY011—Cayuga
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY011—Cayuga County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.G. Cady, D.F. Flora, D.F. Franzmeier, F.Z. Hutton, R.C. Marshall, M.G. Cline, and E.J. Pedersen.
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mardin
  • PSC - 1 to 21 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1963 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ELRE4

    Elymus repens

    quackgrass

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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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; channery silt loam; strong fine and medium granular, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02066
    B21—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02067
    B22—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02068
    IIA'2x—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02069
    IIB'x1—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) gravelly loam; massive; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02070. Tongued with grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) material like A'2; pH 5.6 in lower (2.5Y 5/2) part.
    IIB'x2—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) gravelly loam; very coarse prismatic, and massive, and weak medium angular blocky; very firm; 0.1 fine roots between peds; fine pores; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, coats in root channels and/or pores; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, chlorophenol red; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A02071. Prisms are separated by seams of 2.5Y 6/2 and 10YR 4/4; seams are 10-14 inches apart.
    IIB'x3—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly loam; very coarse prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; 3.0 fine pores; 75 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, coats in root channels and/or pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, chlorophenol red; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A02072. Seams of 2.5Y 6/2 and 10YR 5/4 are 10-12 inches apart and separate prisms.
    IIB'x4—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; very gravelly loam; strong very coarse prismatic parts to medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.0 roots; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity pores; 30 percent coats in root channels and/or pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A02073. 5Y 6/1 and 7.5YR 5/6 seams 10 inches apart separate prisms; common very dark brown sandy loam remnants of weathered calcareous sandstone 1/2 to 3 inches.
    IIB'x5—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; very gravelly loam; thick platy, and weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.0 roots; 30 percent clay films; 19 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02074. 5Y 6/1 seams 15 inches apart separate prisms; common very dark brown and yellowish red weathered red limestone fragments.
    IIC1—183 to 193 centimeters (72.0 to 76.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) very gravelly loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent coats in root channels and/or pores and 10 percent coats on horizontal faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02075
    IIC2—193 to 198 centimeters (76.0 to 78.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) very gravelly loam; moderate platy structure; firm; 0.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A02076