IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Charlton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: eolian
  • User Site ID: S2013NY061001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013NY061001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2013NY061001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0344
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79439
  • User Project ID: 2017, claimed
  • Project Name: MLRA 144A 149B - Soil Microbial Diversity in Urban Environments
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 40.8708333
  • Std. Longitude: -73.9255556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: New York County, NY in the borough of Manhattan within Inwood Hill Park approximately 3,600 feet south of the confluence of the Hudson River and Spuyten Duyvil Creek and 2,300 east of the Hudson river in a heavily forested area.
  • Map Unit: CwC—Charlton fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eolian material
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New York
  • County: NY061—New York
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY061—New York County, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40073-G8—Central Park, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald Parizek, Jacob Isleib
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Charlton
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Charlton
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2013
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Range Veg. Canopy Type Dominant - tree
  • Range Veg. Canopy Type Secondary - tree
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree
  • Forest Understory Veg. Type - shrub
  • Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Dominant - shrub
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: brown wisconsinan-aged coarse-loamy loess over red illinoian-aged coarse-loamy lodgment till derived from mica schist
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Ksat Class Lower: moderately low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated schist, mica at 151cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Donald Parizek, Jacob Isleib, Rich Shaw, Edwin Muniz
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    HAVI4

    LIBE3

    LITU

    QURU

    Hamamelis virginiana

    Lindera benzoin

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    Quercus rubra

    American witchhazel

    northern spicebush

    tuliptree

    northern red oak

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

    densic material

    bedrock, lithic

    noncoherent

    indurated

    111 - 151

    151 - 151

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithic contact

    0—10

    10—111

    111—151

    151—151

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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

    20

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    72

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    333

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior highly decomposed plant material; strong medium granular, and strong coarse granular structure; very friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; many medium moderate-continuity irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01790; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior highly organic silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; many fine moderate-continuity tubular and many fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01791; observed in pit, small
    AB—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; many fine moderate-continuity tubular and many fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat angular noncoherent cemented 2-3-4 millimeter charcoal fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 14N01792; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; many fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat angular noncoherent cemented 2-3-4 millimeter charcoal fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01793; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—48 to 72 centimeters (18.9 to 28.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; common very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; common fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat angular noncoherent cemented 2-3-4 millimeter charcoal fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01794; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—72 to 96 centimeters (28.3 to 37.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; common fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01795; observed in pit, small
    Bw4—96 to 111 centimeters (37.8 to 43.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; common fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-50-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01796; observed in pit, small
    2Cd—111 to 151 centimeters (43.7 to 59.4 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; structureless massive; firm; few very fine roots between peds and few medium roots between peds and few fine roots between peds; few fine moderate-continuity tubular and many fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent faint weak red (10R 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent faint weak red (10R 4/3), moist, clay bridges on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine faint irregular very weakly coherent cemented mica flakes, muscovite with sharp boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 14N01797; observed in pit, small
    3R—151 to 176 centimeters (59.4 to 69.3 inches); bedrock; indurated; fragments. Lab sample # 14N01798; observed in pit, small