IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holyoke
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: NJ013-Holyoke-006
  • User Pedon ID: S2000NJ013006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: NJ013-Holyoke-006
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0332
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13297
  • 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: 40.8108559
  • Std. Longitude: -74.2378998
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Eagle Rock Reservation, Essex County, in wooded area approximately 1800 feet north of parking lot and 950 feet northwest of Crest Dr.
  • Map Unit: HokCh—Holyoke silt loam, 0 to 15 percent slopes, very rocky
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ013—Essex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ013—Essex County, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: EM, FCS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Lithic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holyoke
  • PSC - 25 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holyoke
  • Classificaton Date - 12/13/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy basal till derived from basalt
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: basalt at 46cm
  • Geology: Ground Moraine formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent basalt,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/13/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACSA3

    BETUL

    QUAL

    QUPR2

    QURU

    Acer saccharum

    Betula

    Quercus alba

    Quercus prinus

    Quercus rubra

    sugar maple

    birch

    white oak

    chestnut oak

    northern red oak

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    46 -

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

    fibric soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—3

    3—8

    8—13

    13—46

    46—

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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

    5

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    44

    109

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    150

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02049; observed in pit, small
    Oa—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02050; observed in pit, small
    A—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) highly organic loam; 51 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02051; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; 49 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02052; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loam; 49 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; very abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02053; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    R—46 centimeters (18.1 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small