IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chenango
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 671
  • User Pedon ID: 1964PA103010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 671
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64PA103010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44622
  • 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: 41.2705556
  • Std. Longitude: -74.9997222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sampled in the Edgemere State Forest, at camp Hatfield, 50' W of gravel pit. 230' S of 5 mi Meadow Road.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA103—Pike
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41074-C8—Edgemere, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Carey, E. Sautter, D. Taylor, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenango
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Woostern
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 8 in/hr of percolation rate and 18 in/hr of percolation rate and 24 in/hr of percolation rate and 40 in/hr of percolation rate and 60 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 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

    BEAL2

    QUAL

    Acer rubrum

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Quercus alba

    red maple

    yellow birch

    white 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

    6

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    424

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    225

    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; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05193. Leaf litter mostly oak.
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05194. "Leaf mold, and fungus mycelia."
    E—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05195
    Bs—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05196
    Bw1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05197
    Bw2—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05198
    2Bw3—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; structureless single grain; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 70 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05199. Silt and clay caps on gravel.
    2Bw4—79 to 127 centimeters (31.1 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; structureless single grain; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 85 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05200. Silt and clay caps on gravel.
    2C—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior extremely gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 98 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05201. "Colors are dark brown, gray and weak reddish brown."