IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wurtsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 670
  • User Pedon ID: 1964PA103009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 670
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64PA103009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44621
  • 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: 41.2394444
  • Std. Longitude: -75.0319444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sampled in the Edgemere State Forest, 160' NW of Flat Ridge road, 2.5 mi S of Porters Lake road.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA103—Pike
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41075-B1—Twelvemile Pond, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Carey, E. Sautter, D. Taylor, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wurtsboro
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wurtsboro
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.58 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.92 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.88 in/hr of percolation rate and 6.13 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/1964 ()
  • 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

    QUAL

    QUPR2

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Quercus alba

    Quercus prinus

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    white oak

    chestnut oak

    northern red oak

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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

    4

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    415

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    270

    1100

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    8.8

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior; structureless single grain; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05183. leaf mat
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; structureless single grain; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05184
    E—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); gray (7.5YR 5/1) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05185
    Bs—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05186
    Bw1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05187
    Bw2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05188
    E'—56 to 61 centimeters (22.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05189
    B'x1—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face gravelly sandy loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and strong fine and medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 11 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4); 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05190. Grayish brown (10YR 5/2) prism coats. Moderately thick in pores.
    B'x2—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 11 percent medium prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05191. "Dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) prism coats. Black Fe and Mn coats on plates, medium clay films."
    B'x3—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face gravelly sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy structure; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 11 percent medium prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05192. Brown Fe and Mn coats on ped faces. Moderate to thick clay films.