IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cavode
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 434
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA065009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 434
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA065009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44359
  • Print Date: 4/15/2025

    • 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: 41.1511111
  • Std. Longitude: -79.1041667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Diener farm, 60 ft E of telephone line between 6th & 7th poles, 0.5 mi SW of Brookville, Rose Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA065—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41079-B1—Brookville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, J. Zarachansky, J. Steptus, C. Engle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cavode
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cavode
  • Classificaton Date - 6/17/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/17/1958 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    DAGL

    POPR

    Dactylis glomerata

    Poa pratensis

    orchardgrass

    Kentucky bluegrass

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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

    9

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    439

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    0

    1050

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    8.9

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03264
    BA—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03265
    Btg1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 11 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03266
    Btg2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 60 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1) and 60 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03267
    Btg3—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 60 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1) and 60 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 60 percent medium prominent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03268. Thick coatings (2-3) mm on prisms.
    BCgx1—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; firm; brittle; 60 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03269. Roots to 35 inches; thick clay coatings (3-4) mm.
    BCgx2—99 to 107 centimeters (39.0 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) exterior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium platy, and prismatic structure; firm; brittle; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03270. Ped coatings of light gray (10YR 7/1) and streaks of strong brown (7.5YR 5/6).
    Bgx3—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) exterior silty clay loam; weak fine platy, and coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03271; wet, satiated when described;. Ped coatings of light gray (10YR 7/1) and streaks of strong brown (7.5YR 5/6).