Component Text

Albany County, New York

[Only those components that have entries for the selected text kinds and categories are included in this report. This report shows only the major soils in
each map unit]

Map unit:

NuC - Nunda silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes

Componet:

Nunda

Text kind/Category:

Nontechnical description/GENSOIL

The Nunda component makes up 90 percent of the map unit. Slopes are 8 to 15 percent. This component is on drumlinoid ridges, hills, till
plains. The parent material consists of a silty mantle over loamy till derived from calcareous shale and siltstone. Depth to a root restrictive
layer is greater than 60 inches. The natural drainage class is moderately well drained. Water movement in the most restrictive layer is
moderately low. Available water to a depth of 60 inches is moderate. Shrink-swell potential is low. This soil is not flooded. It is not
ponded. A seasonal zone of water saturation is at 21 inches during March, April, May. Organic matter content in the surface horizon is
about 5 percent. Nonirrigated land capability classification is 3e. This soil does not meet hydric criteria.

Text kind/Category:

SOI5 description

THE NUNDA SERIES CONSISTS OF VERY DEEP, MODERATELY WELL DRAINED SOILS FORMED IN A SILTY MANTLE
OVERLYING GLACIAL TILL ON UPLANDS. TYPICALLY, THESE SOILS HAVE A DARK BROWN CHANNERY SILT LOAM SURFACE
LAYER 7 INCHES THICK. A SUBSURFACE LAYER FROM 7 TO 15 INCHES IS A YELLOWISH BROWN CHANNERY SILT LOAM
AND 15 TO 20 INCHES IS A MOTTLED OLIVE GRAY CHANNERY LOAM. THE MOTTLED SUBSOIL LAYERS FROM 20 TO 42
INCHES ARE GRAVELLY SILTY CLAY LOAM. THE SUBSTRATUM FROM 42 TO 60 INCHES IS A GRAYISH BROWN GRAVELLY
LOAM. SLOPES RANGE FROM 0 TO 45 PERCENT.

Survey Area Version: 4

Survey Area Version Date: 07/11/2006

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