IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westmoreland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 844
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA129002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 844
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA129002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45364
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025

    • 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: 40.3288889
  • Std. Longitude: -79.7227778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 600 ft S of Serro's Diner, 0.5 mi W of Irwin.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA129—Westmoreland
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-C6—Irwin, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Matelski, C. Engle, I. Mason, F. Loughry, D. Taylor
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Westmoreland
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westmoreland
  • Classificaton Date - 2/28/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/28/1958 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    MACO5

    PRUNU

    VITIS

    Malus coronaria

    Prunus

    Vitis

    sweet crab apple

    plum

    grape

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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

    30

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    305

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    0

    1000

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    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06345. Upper surface has about 1 inch stained darker with organic matter.
    BA—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06346. Few partial clay films on peds. Some tongues of Ap material.
    Bt1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium prismatic, and very strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06347
    Bt2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06348
    BC—58 to 66 centimeters (22.8 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU06349. About 30% shale fragments.
    C1—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very channery silt loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06350. Light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) shale fragments. Some pockets of silty clay loam.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535380; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535380
    C2—94 to 130 centimeters (37.0 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very channery clay; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU06351