LOCATION HOGANSBURG NY+CT
Established Series
Rev. WEH-JDV-ERS-GWS
08/2016
HOGANSBURG SERIES
The Hogansburg series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils formed in calcareous dense till. These are nearly level to moderately steep soils on low hills and ridges. Slopes range from 0 to 25 percent. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high or high in the surface and upper subsoil, moderately low to high in the lower subsoil and friable substratum, and low to moderately high in the dense substratum. Mean annual temperature is 7 degrees C (45 degrees F) and mean annual precipitation is 1000 mm (39 in).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, frigid Aquic Eutrudepts
TYPICAL PEDON: Hogansburg loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes in a corn field. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise noted).
Ap--0 to 25 cm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry, moderate medium and fine granular structure; very friable; common medium and fine roots; 5 percent rock fragments; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary. (15 to 28 cm thick).
Bw-- 25 to 38 cm; brown (7.5YR 4/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine and fine roots; 5 percent rock fragments; slightly alkaline, slightly effervescent; clear smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of Bw horizons is 13 to 76 cm).
BC-- 38 to 48 cm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine roots; 10 percent rock fragments; few fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of iron oxides; moderately alkaline, violently effervescent; clear smooth boundary. (0 to 24 cm).
C-- 48 to 89 cm; brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; few fine roots in upper part; 15 percent rock fragments; many coarse prominent gray (10YR 6/1) areas of iron depletion oriented linearly along plates, and common fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of iron oxides; moderately alkaline, violently effervescent; clear wavy boundary.
Cd-- 89 to 183 cm; brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly loam; massive with moderate, medium plate-like divisions; firm; 15 percent gravels and 5 percent cobbles; few fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of iron oxides, and few coarse faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) areas of iron depletion; moderately alkaline, violently effervescent.
TYPE LOCATION: Clinton County, New York; Town of Chazy, about 75 ft west of the Stetson Road at a point 2,600 ft south of the intersection of North Farm Road and the Stetson Road in a cornfield. USGS Champlain, NY topographic quadrangle; latitude 44 degrees, 53 minutes, 20 seconds N. and longitude 73 degrees, 24 minutes, 59 seconds W. NAD 1927.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of the solum ranges from 38 to 102 cm (15 to 40 in). Depth to carbonates ranges from 25 to 102 cm (10 to 40 in). Depth to densic material is 51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 in). Depth to bedrock is more than 152 cm (60 in). Rock fragments range 5 to 35 percent by volume in the solum, and from 5 to 50 percent in the substratum. Rock fragments are mainly gravel with some cobbles and stones. Some pedons have C horizons with dominant chroma of 2 above 51 cm (20 in), but the soil is not saturated for significant periods during the growing season; thus this color is due to a lithochromic effect. Values for exchangeable magnesium range from 15 to 100 percent of the values for exchangeable calcium in the B and the C horizons.
The Ap horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 or 3. Texture is fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam, or sandy loam, or their gravelly analogues, in the fine-earth fraction. The horizon has fine or medium granular structure and friable or very friable consistence. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to neutral. In undisturbed areas, pedons have an A horizon up to 13 cm (5 in) thick, with a hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 2.
The Bw horizon has hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 or 4. Texture is fine sandy loam, silt loam, loam, or sandy loam, or their gravelly analogues, in the fine-earth fraction. It has very weak to moderate, fine or medium subangular blocky structure and is very friable or friable. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly alkaline.
Some pedons have a BC horizon with fine subangular blocky structure or platy structure, or it is massive.
The Cd horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 4. Texture is fine sandy loam, sandy loam, silt loam, or loam in the fine earth fraction. The horizon is massive or has plate-like divisions. Consistence is mainly firm or very firm. Some pedons have a C horizon that is friable and up to 51 cm (20 in) thick above the Cd. The Cd or C horizon is calcareous, but expression of effervescence is occasionally slow in some pedons with cold dilute acid which is not uncommon for finely divided dolomite. Reaction is slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline.
COMPETING SERIES: There are no other series in the same family. The
Amenia,
Bombay,
Eelweir,
Georgia,
Grenville, and
Kalurah soils are similar soils in related families. Amenia, Bombay, and Georgia soils have a mesic temperature regime; in addition, Amenia soils have a lower content of magnesium and a high content of calcite, Bombay soils have an argillic horizon, and Georgia soils lack free carbonates within a depth of 102 cm (40 in). Eelweir and Kalurah soils lack carbonates within a depth of 102 cm (40 in). In addition, Eelweir soils have less than 5 percent rock fragments in the subsoil and substratum. Grenville soils lack 2 chroma redoximorphic depletions within a depth of 61 cm (24 in).
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Hogansburg soils are nearly level to moderately steep and are on low hills and ridges on till plains. The till has a high component of dolomitic limestone with varying amounts of calcitic limestone, sandstone, schist and granitic materials. Slopes range from 0 to 25 percent. Mean annual temperature ranges from 4 to 9 degrees C (39 to 48 degrees F), mean annual precipitation ranges from 790 to 1490 mm (31 to 59 in), and mean annual frost-free days ranges from 100 to 160 days. Elevation range from 28 to 486 m (90 to 1600 ft) above sea level.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Grenville,
Kalurah,
Malone,
Nehasne,
Runeberg, and
Waddington soils on nearby landscapes. Grenville, Malone, and Runeberg soils are in a drainage sequence with Hogansburg soils. The well drained Grenville soils are on high convex ridges and knolls, the somewhat poorly drained Malone soils are on foot slopes and in nearly level areas, and poorly or very poorly drained Runeberg soils are on depressions between hills and ridges. Kalurah soils are in nearby areas where the soil is slightly more acid. Nehasne soils are in areas where bedrock is at depths less than 102 cm (40 in). Waddington soils are on nearby terraces and formed in stratified sand and gravel deposits.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Moderately well drained. Runoff ranges from very slow to rapid, but is mainly medium. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high or high in the surface and upper subsoil, moderately low to high in the lower subsoil and friable substratum, and low to moderately high in the dense substratum.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are cleared and are used for growing hay, corn, and small grains. Some areas are pastured, in forests or brush land. Woodlots contain sugar maple, basswood, ash, hop hornbeam, red oak, elm, and butternut.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: MLRA 142 and 144B. Northwestern Connecticut, St. Lawrence lowlands and Champlain Valley of New York. The series is moderately extensive.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Amherst, Massachusetts
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Franklin County, New York, 1955.
REMARKS: Competing series are expected to increase as similar soils are reclassified.
Diagnostic horizons and other features recognized in the typical pedon include:
1. Ochric Epipedon - the zone from the surface to a depth of 25 cm (7 in) (Ap horizon).
2. Cambic horizon - the zone from 25 to 38 cm (10 to 15 in) (Bw horizon).
3. Aquic Subgroup - low chroma redoximorphic depletion features within a depth of 61 cm (24 in) ( C horizon).
4. Eutrodepts great group - free carbonates within a depth of 102 cm (40 in).
Soil Interpretation Record No. NY0215, NY0216.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Characterization data and engineering test data are available for pedons S81NY08933, S81NY08942, S85NY01919 from St. Lawrence County and Clinton Counties, New York.
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.