IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Swartswood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 662
  • User Pedon ID: 1964PA103001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 662
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64PA103001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44612
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 41.2622222
  • Std. Longitude: -75.0313889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 105' E of Standing Stone Trail and Porters Lake Rd. .5 mi S of intersection.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA103—Pike
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41075-C1—Pecks Pond, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, E. Sautter, D. Taylor, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Swartswood
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Swartswood
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 2 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.66 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.66 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.66 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1964 ()
  • 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

    GAPR2

    KAAN

    KALA

    QUAL

    QUPR2

    QURU

    VACCI

    Acer rubrum

    Gaultheria procumbens

    Kalmia angustifolia

    Kalmia latifolia

    Quercus alba

    Quercus prinus

    Quercus rubra

    Vaccinium

    red maple

    eastern teaberry

    sheep laurel

    mountain laurel

    white oak

    chestnut oak

    northern red oak

    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

    2

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    427

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    0

    1100

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    8.8

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU05105. Leaf mat.
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05106. Decomposed litter.
    E—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05107. "Bleached sand grains, some organic coatings."
    Bs2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05108. "Discontinuous Bh horizon ranging from 0 to 2 inchhes thick, underlain by strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam."
    Bw1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05109
    Bw2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05110
    Bx1—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05111. Partial clay coatgings in large pores.
    Bx2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse and very coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05112. Partial clay coatings in large pores.
    Bx3—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak very coarse platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05113. Some pores lined with clay.
    Bx4—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak very coarse platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05114. Many pores lined with clay.