IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frenchtown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 583
  • User Pedon ID: 1963PA085005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 583
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 63PA085005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44524
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.2494444
  • Std. Longitude: -80.4355556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Thompson Farm, 825 ft E of the house, 95 ft S of the fence, .5 mi S of intersection of LR43099 and LR43005.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA085—Mercer
  • MLRA: 139—Lake Erie Glaciated Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41080-B4—Sharon East, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Carey, D. Grice, R. Grubb, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Frenchtown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frenchtown
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/27/1963 ()
  • 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

    PHLEU

    Phleum

    timothy

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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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    341

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    90

    1000

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04520. Few gravels to 2 inches.
    Btg—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium blocky, and moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films between sand grains; 60 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 60 percent fine and medium distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2); 2 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04521. Few gravels.; patchy - phpvsfiid 534234; patchy - phpvsfiid 534234
    Bgx1—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior silt loam; moderate coarse platy, and moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 60 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3); 2 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04522. "Common black coatings, few gravels."; continuous - phpvsfiid 534235; continuous - phpvsfiid 534235
    Bgx2—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky, and moderate coarse platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium distinct gray (N 5/0) and 60 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 2 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04523. "Few black coatings, few gravels."; continuous - phpvsfiid 534236; continuous - phpvsfiid 534236
    Bgx3—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and gray (5Y 6/1) broken face silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky, and moderate medium and coarse platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 60 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 2 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04524. "Few black coatings, few gravels to 2 inhes."; continuous - phpvsfiid 534237; continuous - phpvsfiid 534237
    Cg—124 to 178 centimeters (48.8 to 70.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films; 60 percent medium distinct gray (N 5/0) and 60 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3); 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04525; wet, satiated when described;. 5% gravels to 1 inch.; patchy - phpvsfiid 534238; patchy - phpvsfiid 534238