LOCATION DEINACHE NYEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, frigid Mollic Psammaquents
TYPICAL PEDON: Deinache fine sand in a nearly level corn field. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise noted).
Ap--0 to 9 inches, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sand; gray (10YR 5/1) dry; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure parting to weak fine granular; very friable; many very fine and common fine roots; strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (6 to 10 inches thick).
Cg1--9 to 19 inches, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; few very fine roots; common medium and fine, distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; neutral; clear smooth boundary.
Cg2--19 to 25 inches, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; common medium and coarse, distinct yellowish brown and dark yellowish brown (10YR 5/6 and 4/6) masses of iron accumulation; slightly alkaline; clear smooth boundary.
Cg3--25 to 35 inches, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sand; massive; very friable; common medium and fine pores; few fine and medium, distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses, and common 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch vertical strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) streaks of iron accumulation; slightly alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary.
Cg4--35 to 44 inches, dark gray (N 4/0) loamy fine sand; massive; very friable; few medium and fine pores; few medium and coarse, distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) streaks of iron accumulation around pores; slightly alkaline, clear smooth boundary. (combined thickness of Cg horizons is 34 or more inches thick).
2Cg5--44 to 48 inches, very dark gray (N 3/0) loamy very fine sand; massive; very friable; few fine and very fine pores; few fine and medium distinct yellowish brown and dark yellowish brown (10YR 5/6 and 4/6) streaks and masses of iron accumulation; slightly alkaline; clear smooth boundary.
2Cg6--48 to 64 inches, dark gray (N 4/0) very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; slightly alkaline; clear smooth boundary.
2Cg7--64 to 72 inches, dark gray (N 4/0) silt loam; massive; friable; few fine pores; slightly alkaline; gradual smooth boundary.
TYPE LOCATION: Clinton County, New York; Town of Mooers, 0.75 mile southeast of junction of LaValley Road and Angelville Road and 4000 feet south of LaValley Road; USGS Mooers topographic quadrangle; lat. 44 degrees 55 minutes 30 seconds N. and long. 73 degrees 31 minutes 30 seconds W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of the solum ranges from 6 to 25 inches. Carbonates, if present, are below a depth of 50 inches. Redoximorphic features consisting of accumulations of iron or manganese oxides, and iron or clay depletions occur above 20 inches. Depth to bedrock is greater than 60 inches. Rock fragments are typically absent, but may range up to 2 percent by volume in the substratum. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to neutral in the surface layer, and neutral to moderately alkaline in the subsoil and substratum.
The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 to 3 and chroma of 1 or 2. Texture is fine sand, loamy fine sand or fine sandy loam in the fine earth fraction. The A horizon in uncultivated areas has value or chroma one unit lower than an Ap horizon.
The Bg horizon, if present, has hue of 10YR to 5Y, or is neutral, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 0 to 2. Texture is fine sand or loamy fine sand in the fine earth fraction. Structure is weak or very weak subangular blocky or granular. Consistence is very friable.
The Cg and 2Cg horizons have hue of 10YR to 5Y, or are neutral, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 0 to 2. Texture above a depth of 40 inches is fine sand or loamy fine sand. Below 40 inches texture also includes loamy very fine sand, very fine sandy loam and thin subhorizons (generally less than 10 inches) of silt loam. They are generally single grain or massive. Consistence is friable, very friable or loose.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Cormant, Roscommon, Wabun(T) and Wheatley series. These soils are from outside of Region R. Cormant soils do not have 2Cg horizons with textures finer than loamy fine sand. Roscommon soils are dominantly coarse and medium sand below the surface layer. Wabun soils have silty or clay textures in the lower substrata. Wheatley soils have stratified calcareous sand and gravel within the control section.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Deinache soils are nearly level soils on glacial lake plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 3 percent, but is dominantly 0 to 1 percent. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 32 to 36 inches, mean annual air temperature ranges from 42 to 46 degrees F, and mean frost-free season ranges from 120 to 150 days. Elevation ranges from 200 to 600 feet above sea level.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the moderately well drained Mooers and the somewhat poorly drained Sciota soils associated in a drainage sequence. Wonsqueak, Wainola, Flackville, Pinconning and Cook soils are also associated. Wonsqueak soils are in depressions and are organic soils. Flackville and Wainola soils are in higher positions on the landscape and have spodic horizons. Pinconning and Cook soils are in similar positions on the landscape as Deinache. They both are sandy soils underlain by finer textured deposits within a 40 inch depth. Elevation ranges from 200 to 600 feet above sea-level.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly drained. Runoff is very slow or ponded. Permeability is rapid in the solum and upper substratum, and moderate or moderately rapid in the lower substratum.
USE AND VEGETATION: Many areas are wooded or idle. Some drained areas are used for hay and corn. Forested areas contain red maple, northern white cedar, green ash and eastern white pine.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Champlain Valley of Northern New York. The series is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Amherst, Massachusetts.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Clinton County, New York 1995.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and other features recognized in the typical pedon are: a. Ochric epipedon - The zone from 0 to 9 inches (Ap horizon). b. Mollic subgroup - An Ap horizon greater than 6 inches thick with color value, moist of 3 or less, 5 or less dry. c. Redoximorphic features - reduced matrices with low chroma colors, and accumulation of Fe/Mn oxides (all horizons below Ap).
Soil Interpretation Record of: NY0446