IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 301
  • User Pedon ID: 1960PA037020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 301
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 60PA037020
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44212
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 41.2786111
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3825000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 120 ft S of ctr of Rd 2 mi S of Central, 100 ft W of SW corner of Brandon Methodist Church, Sugarloaf Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA037—Columbia
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-C4—Elk Grove, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.Shipp,E.Mason,C.Engle,P.Parrish,W.Steputis,R.Matelski,F.Loughry
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 20
  • 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 - 2
  • 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 - 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

    POPR

    SOLID

    Poa pratensis

    Solidago

    Kentucky bluegrass

    goldenrod

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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

    4

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    293

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    0

    1000

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    9.4

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 5.0 roots; 15 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02259. 10-15% coarse fragments.
    Bw1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 15 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02260. 10-15% coarse fragments; partial clay films.
    Bw2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 roots; distinct clay films; 1 percent fine faint reddish brown (5YR 5/3); 15 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02261. 10-15% coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532786; continuous - phpvsfiid 532786
    Bgx1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.3 roots; distinct clay films; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 11 percent medium distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/3); 25 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02262. 20-25% coarse fragments; texture is gritty.
    2Bx1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior sandy clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; brittle; distinct clay films; 11 percent medium distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) and 11 percent medium distinct weak red (2.5YR 5/2); 80 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02263; wet, satiated when described;. 70-80% coarse fragments; many concretions; texture is gritty.
    2Bx2—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; brittle; 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 80 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02264; wet, satiated when described;. Texture is gritty; 70-80% coarse fragments; partial clay films.
    2Bx3—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior sandy clay loam; weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky; brittle; 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 80 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02265; wet, satiated when described;. 70-80% coarse fragments; few partial clay films; texture is gritty.
    2C—122 to 127 centimeters (48.0 to 50.0 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior sandy clay loam; weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky; 80 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02266; wet, satiated when described;. 70-80% coarse fragments; partial clay films.
    3R—127 to 143 centimeters (50.0 to 56.3 inches); 80 percent by volume shale, acid fragments. Lab sample # PSU02267; wet, satiated when described;. Not sampled.