IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 300
  • User Pedon ID: 1960PA037019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 300
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 60PA037019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44211
  • 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: 41.2713889
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3561111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: H. Hess (Mountain View) fram, 180 ft W of road 300 ft NW of house; Sugarloaf Twp.; Photo AQR-63-205
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA037—Columbia
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-C3—Red Rock, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.Loughry,R.Matelski,W.Steputis,P.Parrish,C.Engle,E.Mason,R.Shipp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellsboro
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellsboro
  • Classificaton Date - 11/22/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/22/1960 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    AGAL3

    DACA6

    PHLEU

    POPR

    Agrostis alba

    Daucus carota

    Phleum

    Poa pratensis

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    Queen Anne's lace

    timothy

    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

    2

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    372

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    45

    1000

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    9.1

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 5.0 roots; 5 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02251. Less than 59% coarse fragments.
    Bw1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 5 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02252. Less than 5% coarse fragments; some platyness.
    Bw2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; distinct clay films; 5 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02253
    Bw3—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loam, silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films; 11 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 11 percent medium prominent gray (5YR 6/1); 15 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02254. 10-15% coarse fragments.
    Bx1—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine platy structure; firm, moderately sticky; brittle; distinct clay films and 14 percent weak red (10R 5/2) coats; 40 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02255. 30-40% coarse fragments.
    Bx2—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky; brittle; distinct clay films and 14 percent weak red (10R 5/2) coats and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 50 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02256. 40-50% coarse fragments.
    Bx3—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; brittle; distinct clay films; 50 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02257. 40-50% coarse fragments.
    C—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky; distinct clay films; 50 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02258. 40-50% coarse fragments.