LOCATION MAPLECREST NYEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
TYPICAL PEDON: Maplecrest gravelly silt loam-hayfield (Colors are for moist soil).
Ap--0 to 8 inches, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) gravelly silt loam, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) dry; weak, fine granular structure; many fine and medium roots; very friable; 15 percent rock fragments; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary (5 to 9 inches thick).
Bw1--8 to 18 inches, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; many fine and medium roots; friable; 20 percent rock fragments; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bw-2--18 to 30 inches, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; common medium and fine roots; firm; 25 percent rock fragments; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bw3--30 to 50 inches, reddish brown (5YR 4/3) gravelly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; few fine roots; firm; 30 percent rock fragments; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bw horizon is 30 to 46 inches.)
2C--50 to 72 inches, reddish brown (5YR 5/3) poorly sorted very gravelly sandy loam; friable; massive; 50 percent rock fragments; strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Greene County, New York; town of Windham, East side of County road 21, one half mile north of junction with Manor Road. USGS Hensonville, NY topographic quadrangle; latitude 42 degrees, 20 minutes, 14 seconds N. and longitude 74 degrees, 14 minutes, 48 seconds W. NAD 1927
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of the solum ranges from 35 to 55 inches. Depth to bedrock is more than 60 inches. Rock fragments, including up to 5 percent that are greater than 3 inches, range from 5 to 35 percent in the upper part of the solum and 20 to 35 percent in the lower part of the solum. Rock fragments, including up to 15 percent that are greater than 3 inches, range from 25 to 70 percent in the substratum. Reaction is very strongly acid to slightly acid in the A and B horizons and strongly acid to moderately acid in the 2C horizon.
The Ap horizon has hue of 5YR and 7. 5YR, value of 3, 4, or 5, and chroma of 2 through 4. The dry color value is 6 or more. The fine earth texture is loam or silt loam. Structure is weak or moderate fine granular and consistence is friable or very friable. Some pedons have a thin A and/or BA horizon.
The B horizon has hue of 2.5YR or 5YR, value of 4, 5, or 6, and chroma of 3 or 4. The fine earth texture is silt loam, loam, or very fine sandy loam in the lower part. Structure is weak fine granular or weak or moderate fine or medium subangular blocky. Consistence is friable or firm.
The C horizon has hue, value and chroma similar to the B. Fine earth texture is sandy loam through loam. Consistence is friable or firm.
COMPETING SERIES: The Valois series is the only competing series in the same family. Valois soils have a hue of 7.5YR or yellower in the B and C horizon. The Brookfield, Buladean, Cardigan, Chadakoin, Charlton, Chatfield, Cheshire, Delaware (T), Ditney, Dutchess, Fedscreek, Foresthills (T), Greenbelt (T), Hazel, Lordstown, Marrowbone, Maymead, Newport, Pocumtuck (T), Riverhead, Soco, St. Albans, Stecoah, Steinsburg, Stinger, and Yalesville series were in the same family, but have not been classified to the 8th Edition of the Keys To Soil Taxonomy.
The Brookfield soils typically have formed in till from micaceous schist and lack crude sorting in the C horizon. Buladean soils have a Cr horizon and have rock fragments dominated by gneiss and granite. Cardigan, Chatfield, Ditney, Hazel, Lordstown, Marrowbone, Steinsburg, Stinger, and Yalesville soils are 20 to 40 inches deep to bedrock. Chadakoin soils have hue of 7.5YR or yellower and lack stratification in the substratum. Charlton soils have 2.5Y to 7.5YR hue in the B horizon and rock fragments dominated by granite, gneiss and schist. Cheshire soils have thinner sola and lack crude sorting in the C horizon. Delaware (T) soils formed in alluvium and have less than 5 percent rock fragments throughout. Dutchess and St. Albans soils are dominated by rock fragments of slate, shale or phyllite. In addition, Dutchess soils typically have bedrock at depths less than 60 inches and St. Albans soils have a solum thickness of less than 30 inches. Fedscreek soils formed in colluvium from residuum and have thicker substrata. Foresthills (T) and Greenbelt (T) soils are humanly altered soils with surface layers of loamy fill. Maymead soils formed in colluvium and have bedrock at a depth of 40 to 60 inches. Newport soils have dense till substrata and hues of 2.5Y or 5Y. Riverhead soils have a stratified sand and gravel C horizon within a depth of 40 inches. Soco and Stecoah soils have a Cr horizon and have rock fragments dominated by metasedimentary rock including phylitte, slate, and metasedimentary sandstone
Lackawanna and Wellsboro series are similar soils in related families. Both soils have a fragipan.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Maplecrest soils are typically on complex slopes characteristic of end or lateral moraines or along lower valley side slopes where the processes of solifluction have resulted in accumulations of loose till material overlying stratified outwash or poorly sorted ice contact deposits. Slopes range from 3 to 60 percent in gradient. The till is dominated by material from reddish sandstone and siltstone or shale. Mean annual temperature ranges from 46 to 52 degrees F, annual precipitation from 47 to 52 inches and growing season from 120 to 160 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Lackawanna and Wellsboro, and the Morris, Tunkhannock, Oquaga, Barbour, and Cadosia soils. Lackwanna, Wellsboro, and Morris soils have a fragipan; Wellsboro and Morris are wetter than Maplecrest soils. Tunkhannock soils formed in outwash and have more than 35 percent rock fragments in the control section. Oquaga is 20 to 40 inches deep to bedrock. Barbour is an alluvial soil and has a contrasting sand and gravel substratum within 40 inches. Cadosia soils average more than 35 percent rock fragments in the control section.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained. The potential for surface runoff is negligible to very high. Permeability is moderate in the solum and moderate or moderately rapid in the substratum.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most of the less sloping areas are cleared and used to grow crops supportive of dairy farming. Forested areas, usually on the steeper slopes, have native trees of red and sugar maple, white and red oak, white pine, beech and hemlock.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central-eastern New York State in the Catskill Mountains. MLRA 140. The series is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Amherst, Massachusetts
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Greene County, New York 1985.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
1. - Ochric epipedon - the zone from the surface to 8 inches (Ap horizon).
2. Cambic horizon - the zone from 8 to 50 inches (Bwl, Bw2,
and Bw3 horizons) with less than 60 percent base saturation.
3. Udic soil moisture regime (a humid temperate climate)
Soil Interpretation Record No: NY0353