IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wyoming
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 585
  • User Pedon ID: 1963PA085007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 585
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 63PA085007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44526
  • 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: 41.2136111
  • Std. Longitude: -80.0313889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Elder Farm 140 ft W and 130 ft N of NE corner of the field .6 mi S into field, .5 mi E of Rt. 43008 and T481.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA085—Mercer
  • MLRA: 139—Lake Erie Glaciated Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41080-B1—Grove City, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Carey, D. Grice, R. Grubb, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wyoming
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Conotton
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

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

    2SHRUB

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    Shrub (>.5m)

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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

    9

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    396

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    180

    1000

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    8.9

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04533. 20% gravel.
    E—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04534. 15% gravel.
    Bw—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; faint clay films between sand grains; 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04535. 35% gravel.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534244; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534244
    BC—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; faint clay films between sand grains; 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04536. Streaks and patches of yellowish brown (10YR 5/4). 45% gravel.; patchy - phpvsfiid 534245; patchy - phpvsfiid 534245
    C—94 to 145 centimeters (37.0 to 57.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior gravelly loamy sand; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 35 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04537. 70% gravel. Unconsolidated gravel and sand material.