IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Erie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 777
  • User Pedon ID: 1963PA117009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 777
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 63PA117009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45289
  • 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: 41.8091667
  • Std. Longitude: -77.0083333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 200 ft N of the road in teh pine plantation 1.6 mi N of intersection of T519 and T529 N of Powers Corner.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA117—Tioga
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41077-G1—Mansfield, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Carey, J. Rayburn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Aeric Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Erie
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Erie
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/1963 ()
  • 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

    2FORB

    PIAB

    PIRE

    VACCI

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    Picea abies

    Pinus resinosa

    Vaccinium

    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    Norway spruce

    red pine

    blueberry

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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

    10

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    481

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    180

    900

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    8.3

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior channery silt loam; moderate coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05756
    E—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior channery silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 11 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 11 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05757
    BE—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior channery silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05758
    Bx1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior channery silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent fine distinct gray (N 6/0) and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05759
    Bx2—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior channery silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 60 percent fine distinct gray (N 6/0) and 60 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 60 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8); 48 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05760
    Bx3—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior very gravelly clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium platy, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; brittle; 60 percent fine distinct gray (N 6/0) and 60 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 60 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8); 60 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05761. Clay films in channel surfaces of stone.
    Bx4—122 to 145 centimeters (48.0 to 57.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior very channery clay loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent clay films and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 60 percent fine distinct gray (N 6/0); 75 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05762