IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monongahela
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 854
  • User Pedon ID: 1962PA129016
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 854
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 62PA129016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45375
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.4558333
  • Std. Longitude: -79.3377778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1650 ft N of the railroad crossing on T966 and 160 ft E of T966 3.0 mi NW of Blairsville.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA129—Westmoreland
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-D3—Blairsville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Noll, D. Taylor
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Monongahela
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monongahela
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/14/1962 ()
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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

    3

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    302

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    270

    1100

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    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06405. 10% gravel.
    Bt—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silt loam; moderate medium blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06406. 10% gravel.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535420; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535420
    Bx1—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint clay films; 60 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 60 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4); 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06407. Common black coatings. 15% gravel.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535421; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535421
    Bx2—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films; 60 percent medium prominent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06408. Few black coatings. 30% fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535422; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535422
    C1—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak medium platy, and structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 60 percent medium prominent light gray (5Y 7/2) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 45 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06409. 40% fragments.
    C2—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); very gravelly coarse sand; 65 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments. Lab sample # PSU06410