IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chavies
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 348
  • User Pedon ID: 1964PA051009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 348
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64PA051009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44263
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 39.8263889
  • Std. Longitude: -79.3794444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.7 mi N of Rt 28 along river, 1.5 mi N of Confluence, Reid farm, Henry clay farm.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA051—Fayette
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39079-G4—Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Carey, F. Kopas, J. Weaver
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chavies
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sequatchie
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.67 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.25 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/1964 ()
  • 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

    TRIFO

    Phleum

    Trifolium

    timothy

    clover

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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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    405

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    315

    1150

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    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02741
    BA—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02742. Partial clay films.
    Bt1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02743. Partial clay films
    Bt2—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02744. Partial clay films.
    Bt3—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02745. Few thin clay films on larger peds and pores.
    Bt4—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02746. Thin clay films along pores and structural faces.
    Bx1—124 to 163 centimeters (48.8 to 64.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior fine sandy loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; brittle; 1 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 1 percent fine distinct 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02747; wet, satiated when described;. Few roots to 51 inches; silt and clay films on prisms and partial clay films in pores and on peds.
    Bx2—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; strong coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02748; wet, satiated when described;. Silt and clay films on prisms and partial clay films in pores and on peds.
    2R—203 to 220 centimeters (79.9 to 86.6 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # PSU02749; wet, satiated when described;