IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frenchtown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 588
  • User Pedon ID: 1963PA085010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 588
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 63PA085010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44529
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 41.4733333
  • Std. Longitude: -80.2972222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 500 ft S of Rt T891 .5 mi W of Rt. T616 1 mi NW 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 #: 10
  • 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

    BELE

    CAREX

    FRAXI

    IMNO

    LITU

    POLYS

    ULMUS

    VIOLA

    Acer rubrum

    Betula lenta

    Carex

    Fraxinus

    Impatiens noli-tangere

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    Polystichum

    Ulmus

    Viola

    red maple

    sweet birch

    sedge

    ash

    western touch-me-not

    tuliptree

    hollyfern

    elm

    violet

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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

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    411

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    8.9

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04551. Few rounded fragments 1/2 to 3 inches in diameter.
    Eg—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silt loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04552. Structureless and massive due probably to trampling.
    Btg—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 11 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04553; wet, satiated when described;. Thick continuous clay films on prism faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 534257; continuous - phpvsfiid 534257
    2Bx1—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and gray (5Y 5/1) broken face silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; brittle; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1); 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04554; wet, satiated when described;. Gray (5Y 5/1) prism faces. Thick continuous clay films on prisms and plate faces.
    2Bx2—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and gray (5Y 5/1) broken face silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 11 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04555; wet, satiated when described;. Gray (5Y 5/1) prism faces. Thick continuous clay films on prisms and thin discontinuous clay films on plates. 30% fragments to 10 inches in diameter.
    2C—97 to 150 centimeters (38.2 to 59.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) interior and gray (N 5/0) broken face gravelly loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 5/1) and 11 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6); 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04556; wet, satiated when described;. "Thick continuous clay films on prism faces. 30% fragments to 10 inches in diameter. Few coal fragments. Weakly calcareous, effervesces with dilute HCl."