IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frenchtown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 587
  • User Pedon ID: 1963PA085009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 587
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 63PA085009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44528
  • 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: 41.4572222
  • Std. Longitude: -80.2811111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Davis Farm, 1800 ft W of farmhouse .75 mi SW of Rt 43066 and T648 .5 mi SE of Osborne corners.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA085—Mercer
  • MLRA: 139—Lake Erie Glaciated Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41080-D3—Greenville 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 #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Frenchtown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alden
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very 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 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree 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

    ACRU

    CAOV2

    CAREX

    FAGUS

    FRAXI

    IMNO

    JUEF

    QUAL

    TORA2

    URDI

    Acer rubrum

    Carya ovata

    Carex

    Fagus

    Fraxinus

    Impatiens noli-tangere

    Juncus effusus

    Quercus alba

    Toxicodendron radicans

    Urtica dioica

    red maple

    shagbark hickory

    sedge

    beech

    ash

    western touch-me-not

    common rush

    white oak

    eastern poison ivy

    stinging nettle

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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

    1

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    411

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    135

    1000

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    8.9

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04545
    Etg—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04546. patchy - phpvsfiid 534251; patchy - phpvsfiid 534251
    Btg1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior silt loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04547; wet, satiated when described;. Few fine pebbles to 1 inch in diameter.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534252; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534252
    Btg2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and gray (N 5/0) broken face silt loam; moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 5/1) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04548; wet, satiated when described;. Few dark red (2.5YR 3/6) streaks and coatings on plates. 2% fragments to 2 inches in diameter.
    Bgx—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and very dark gray (N 3/0) broken face loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 11 percent fine and medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) and 11 percent fine and medium distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1); 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04549; wet, satiated when described;. 10% fragments to 6 inches in diameter.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534254; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534254
    C—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior gravelly loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct gray (N 5/0) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04550; wet, satiated when described;. "Few streaks of reddish brown (5YR 5/3). 20% fragments, mostly gravels to 2 inches in diameter. Weakly calcareous, effervesces moderately with dilute HCl at 35 inches."; patchy - phpvsfiid 534255; patchy - phpvsfiid 534256; patchy - phpvsfiid 534255; patchy - phpvsfiid 534256