IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Platea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 339
  • User Pedon ID: 1956PA049013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 339
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 56PA049013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44253
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 41.8963889
  • Std. Longitude: -80.2886111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.5 mi S of Trinity Lutheran Church, 3 mi E of Cranesville, Cranesville Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA049—Erie
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41080-H3—Albion, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, D. Taylor
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed Aeric Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Platea
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dalton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/1956 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    FRAXI

    TILIA

    Acer rubrum

    Fraxinus

    Tilia

    red maple

    ash

    basswood

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    353

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    45

    950

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    8.6

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU02657
    A—2 to 12 centimeters (0.8 to 4.7 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02658
    E1—12 to 17 centimeters (4.7 to 6.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02659
    E2—17 to 27 centimeters (6.7 to 10.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02660
    Bx1—27 to 45 centimeters (10.6 to 17.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior loam; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 roots; 60 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02661
    Bx2—45 to 91 centimeters (17.7 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 roots; 60 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02662. Gray silt on ped faces.
    C—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) interior loam; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02663. Few streaks of gray (2.5Y 5/0); 5% round and angular gravel 2 to 15 mm in size.