IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Wellsboro
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
747
User Pedon ID:
1958PA115004
Vegetation Plot ID:
747
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
58PA115004
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
45256
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
41.6916667
Std. Longitude:
-75.8216667
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
480 ft W of house, 65 ft N of road, 1.5 mi N of Tarbot pond, 7.5 mi E of Springville.
Country:
US—United States
State:
Pennsylvania
County:
PA115—Susquehanna
MLRA:
140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
41075-F7—Hop Bottom, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
F. Loughry, D. Pease, W. Steputis, R. Matelski, C. Engle
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PSU
Pedon #:
4
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Wellsboro
Classificaton Date -
5/7/2012
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Culvers
Classificaton Date -
6/24/1958
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
plateau
Landform:
ground moraine
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/24/1958 ()
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
hayland
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
PHLEU
TRPR2
Phleum
Trifolium pratense
timothy
red clover
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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
5
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396
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180
1000
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8.6
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Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05628
E—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior channery loam; weak fine platy structure; friable, nonplastic; 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05629
BA—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior channery silt loam; moderate medium platy, and weak medium blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; faint clay films; 11 percent fine faint reddish gray (5YR 5/2) and 11 percent fine faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05630. continuous - phpvsfiid 534979; continuous - phpvsfiid 534979
Bx1—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and gray (5YR 6/1) broken face and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) channery silt loam; weak fine and medium blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately plastic; brittle; faint coats on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium faint reddish gray (5YR 5/2); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05631. Gray (5YR 6/1) prism faces.
Bx2—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior and gray (5YR 6/1) broken face and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) channery loam; weak medium blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05632. Gray (5YR 6/1) prism faces with streaks of reddish yellow (5YR 5/6).
Bx3—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior and gray (N 6/0) broken face and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) channery loam; friable; brittle; 50 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05633. Gray (6/0) and yellowish red (5YR 4/8) on the prism faces; 7-10 inch prisms.