IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hornellsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005NY003018
  • User Pedon ID: S2005NY003018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0430
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17448
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 42.2750893
  • Std. Longitude: -77.8011703
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Alfred State College Farm; up farm lane (north) to the top of hill; at "T" intersection go left; go 700 feet along field edge then 50 ft into field.
  • Map Unit: 14B—Hornellsville silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New York
  • County: NY003—Allegany
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY003—Allegany County Area, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42077-C7—Alfred, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matthew W. Havens
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, acid, frigid Aeric Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hornellsville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, acid, frigid Aeric Endoaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 59 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial till over residuum clayey till derived from shale and siltstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent strong weathered shale and siltstone at 59cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 67
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - rain
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    bedrock, lithic

    weakly coherent

    strongly coherent

    59 - 132

    132 -

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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

    3

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    688.8

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; channery silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 15 percent by volume flat subangular 2-75-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01670; observed in trench
    Eg—22 to 33 centimeters (8.7 to 13.0 inches); 70 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume flat subangular 2-75-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01671; observed in trench
    Bg—33 to 59 centimeters (13.0 to 23.2 inches); 80 percent gray (5Y 6/1) exterior and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior silty clay; strong medium angular blocky, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume flat subangular 2-75-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01672; observed in trench
    2Cr—59 to 132 centimeters (23.2 to 52.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1), moist, silt coats on rock fragments; 90 percent by volume flat angular 2-5-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01673. Weathered Shale and Silstone
    2R—132 centimeters (52.0 inches); fragments. Siltstone Bedrock