IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ricker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993NY031008
  • User Pedon ID: S1993NY031008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0300
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66478
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 44.0711098
  • Std. Longitude: -73.9400024
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Keene, summit of Allen Mountain, 50 feet north of summit marker.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY031—Essex
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY031—Essex County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Page, Victoria Smith
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ricker
  • Taxonomic Class - Dysic Lithic Borofolists
  • Classificaton Date - 10/14/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 4
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    40

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    1321

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    1397

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    0

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments.
    Oe—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) broken face and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) rubbed Error; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01870
    Oa—16 to 28 centimeters (6.3 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) broken face Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01871
    R—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); fragments.