IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Swartswood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 672
  • User Pedon ID: 1964PA103011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 672
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64PA103011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44623
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.2811111
  • Std. Longitude: -75.0136111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sampled at Edgemere State Forest, 50' SW of five mile Medow road. 3.95 mi S of Dingman Pike.
  • 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: J. Carey, D. Taylor, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Swartswood
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Swartswood
  • Classificaton Date - 6/17/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 1.83 in/hr of percolation rate and 4 in/hr of percolation rate and 5.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 5.83 in/hr of percolation rate and 6.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 7.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 7.58 in/hr of percolation rate and 7.92 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/17/1964 ()
  • 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

    CADE12

    KAAN

    KALA

    PIRI

    POLYS

    QUCO2

    QUPR2

    QURU

    Castanea dentata

    Kalmia angustifolia

    Kalmia latifolia

    Pinus rigida

    Polystichum

    Quercus coccinea

    Quercus prinus

    Quercus rubra

    American chestnut

    sheep laurel

    mountain laurel

    pitch pine

    hollyfern

    scarlet 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

    12

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    445

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    90

    1100

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    8.8

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05202. "Leaf litter, mostly oak."
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05203. "Leaf mold, roots, and fungus mycelia held together in a tough fibrous mat."
    Bs—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05204
    Bw1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05205
    Bw2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05206
    Bw3—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 30 percent by volume mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05207
    Bw4—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 30 percent by volume mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05208
    Bw5—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 50 percent by volume mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05209
    Bx1—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; weak very coarse platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 14 percent faint clay films; 60 percent by volume mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05210. Many capped with silt.
    Bx2—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very gravelly sandy loam; extremely firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 75 percent by volume mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05211. Structure obscured by coarse fragments. Fragments capped with silt. Underlain by bedrock at about 48 inches.