IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chenango
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 309
  • User Pedon ID: 1965PA039008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 309
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 65PA039008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44220
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 41.6708333
  • Std. Longitude: -79.8641667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1000 ft SW of bldgs, 200 ft E of old barn, 0.25 mi S of Mitchell's Lake, 2 mi N of Cambridge Springs.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA039—Crawford
  • MLRA: 139—Lake Erie Glaciated Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41079-F7—Centerville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Yoworski, D. Rector, J. Noll, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenango
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/2013
  • Classifier - Alex Dado
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Howard
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 8 in/hr of percolation rate and 9.88 in/hr of percolation rate and 10.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 13.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 6.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 7.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 7.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 7.75 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/22/1965 ()
  • 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

    MESA

    Medicago sativa

    alfalfa

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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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    472

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    135

    1000

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    8.4

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02316. 15% gravel up to 2 inches in size.
    BA—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02317. 15% fragments up to 2 inches in size.
    2Bw—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02318. 25% gravel to 3 inches in diameter.
    3BCt1—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; 60 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02319. 60% gravel to 8 inches in diameter.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532829; patchy - phpvsfiid 532829
    3BCt2—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent faint clay films; 75 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02320. 75% gravel to 4 inches in diameter.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532830; patchy - phpvsfiid 532830
    3C—127 to 160 centimeters (50.0 to 63.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loamy sand; structureless massive; loose, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 75 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02321. 75% gravel to 4 inches in diameter.