LOCATION FISHCREEK NY

Tentative Series
ANL, BWH
05/2013

FISHCREEK SERIES

The Fishcreek series consists of very deep, well drained soils on outwash plains, eskers and kames. They formed in sandy glaciofluvial deposits derived from sedimentary parent material. Estimated saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high or high in the solum and high or very high in the substratum. Slope ranges from 3 to 35 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 1476 mm and mean annual temperature is about 6 degrees C.

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, isotic, frigid Typic Haplorthods

TYPICAL PEDON: Fishcreek loamy sand, on a 35 percent southeast facing slope in a wooded area. (Colors are for moist soil.)

Oa -- 0 to 5 cm; black (5YR 2.5/1); highly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many very fine and fine and common medium and coarse roots throughout; ultra acid (pH 2.9); abrupt wavy boundary. (0 to 15 cm thick.)

E -- 5 to 8 cm; reddish gray (5YR 5/2); loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; many very fine, fine, medium and very few coarse roots throughout; 10 percent gravel; extremely acid (pH 4.1); abrupt wavy boundary. (0 to 15 cm thick.)

Bh -- 8 to 12 cm; dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2); loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; weakly smeary; many very fine, fine, medium and very few coarse roots throughout; 5 percent gravel; extremely acid (pH 4.1); abrupt wavy boundary.

Bs1 -- 12 to 19 cm; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4); loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; weakly smeary; common very fine, fine and medium roots throughout; 7 percent gravel; extremely acid (pH 4.3); clear wavy boundary.

Bs2 -- 19 to 23 cm; dark brown (7.5YR 3/4); loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; weakly smeary; common very fine, fine, medium and very few coarse roots throughout; 10 percent gravel; very strongly acid (pH 4.5); clear wavy boundary.

Bs3 -- 23 to 68 cm; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6); loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; many very fine and fine and common medium roots throughout; 12 percent gravel; very strongly acid (pH 4.6); clear wavy boundary.

Bs4 -- 68 to 90 cm; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) moist, gravelly loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine and medium roots throughout; 20 percent gravel and 3 percent cobbles; extremely acid (pH 4.4); abrupt wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bh, Bhs and Bs horizons is 10 to 90 cm.)

BC -- 90 to 112 cm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6); gravelly loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine and medium roots throughout; 18 percent gravel and 2 percent cobbles; very strongly acid (pH 4.6); clear wavy boundary. (0 to 50 cm thick.)

C1 -- 112 to 149 cm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); very gravelly sand; single grain; loose; moderately few very fine roots throughout; 30 percent gravel and 7 percent cobbles; very strongly acid (pH 4.6); clear wavy boundary.

C2 -- 149 to 165 cm; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4); very gravelly sand; single grain; loose; moderately few very fine roots throughout; 45 gravel and 10 percent cobbles; very strongly acid (pH 4.5).

TYPE LOCATION: Lewis County, New York; Town of Osceola; 0.4 miles southwest of the Oceola Road along a private trail, then 0.1 mile west along a trail to Malloy Brook, after crossing Malloy Brook 0.1 mile northwest along a trail. USGS North Osceola topographic quadrangle; approximate Latitude 43 degrees, 29 minutes, 46.3 seconds N. and Longitude 75 degrees, 40 minutes, 9.1 seconds W. NAD 1983.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Bedrock is at a depth greater than 152 cm. Thickness of the mineral solum ranges from 40 to 140 cm. Rock fragments, mostly gravels and cobbles, typically range from 0 to 30 percent in the mineral solum and from 0 to 70 percent in the substratum, but the weighted average in the particle size control section is less than 35 percent. Reaction ranges from ultra acid to extremely acid in the O horizons and extremely to strongly acid in the subsoil and substratum.

Most pedons have an O horizon composed of highly, moderately or slightly decomposed plant materials. They have hue of 2.5YR to 10YR, value 2 to 3, chroma 1 or 2. Consistence is very friable or friable.

Some pedons have an A horizon with hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 2 to 3, and chroma of 1 to 4. The texture is silt loam, very fine sandy loam, fine sandy loam or loamy fine sand.

The E horizon has hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 1 or 2. It is very fine sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand or loamy sand.

The Bh/Bhs horizon, where present, has hue of 2.5YR to 7.5YR, value and chroma of 3 or less. The Bs horizon, where present, has hue of 5YR to 10YR, with value or chroma of 4 or more. Textures for the Bh/Bhs and Bs horizons range from loam to loamy sand. With gravelly and cobbly analogs allowed only in the lower Bs horizons.

The BC horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 3 to 6. Textures range from fine sandy loam to sand with or without gravelly and cobbly analogs.

The C horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 4. Textures range from very fine sand to coarse sand with or without gravelly and cobbly analogs.

COMPETING SERIES: These are the Adams, Cusino, Duxbury, Kalkaska, Liminga, Pence, and Stutts series. Adams and Duxbury soils are the only competing series in Region R. and both are derived from igneous and metamorphic materials. The Cusino, Kalkaska, Liminga, Pence, and Stutts have dry soil moisture status within 91 centimeters of the soil surface in the month of August.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Fishcreek (T) soils are on terraces, eskers, kames, and outwash plains. Slope ranges from 3 to 35 percent. These soils are formed in sandy glaciofluvial deposits. The deposits are derived primarily from sandstone, siltstone, and shale. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 1270 to 1727 mm, and the mean annual temperature ranges from 1 to 11 degrees C. The frost free season ranges from 90 to 140 days. Elevation ranges from 305 to 610 meters above sea level.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Swancott (T), Highmarket (T), Worth, and Empeyville soils. Swancott (T) soils are sandy-skeletal. Highmarket (T) soils are Coarse-loamy in the upper solum and Sandy or Sandy-skeletal in the substratum and are derived from glacial till. Both Worth and Empeyville soils are derived from glacial till and have fragipans.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Well drained. The potential for surface runoff is very low to medium. Estimated saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high or high in the solum and high or very high in the substratum.

USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are in woodland. Some areas can be used as a source of sand and gravel. Common trees in these areas are eastern white pine, red pine, red spruce, eastern hemlock, white spruce, balsam fir, sugar maple, and red maple.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Tughill Region, NY. MLRA 141. The series is of small extent.

MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Amherst, Massachusetts.

SERIES PROPOSED: Lewis County, New York, 2010.

REMARKS: 1. The series name is taken from the Fish Creek River, located in southwestern Lewis County.

2. Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon - the zone from 0 to 8 cm (Oa and E horizons).
Albic horizon - the zone from 5 to 8 cm (E horizon).
Spodic horizon - the zone from 8 to 90 cm (Bh and Bs horizons).
Sandy particle-size class - the weighted average texture of the fine earth fraction of the particle-size control section (25 to 100 cm) is loamy fine sand.

ADDITIONAL DATA: Reference samples for series include pedon 11N0185, S10NY049019 from Lewis County, New York, samples by KSSL, Lincoln, NE, 2010.

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.