IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 456
  • User Pedon ID: 1966PA069002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 456
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 66PA069002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44383
  • 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: 41.5125000
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7041667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 250 gt SE of golf course, 1300 ft W of barn, 0.85 mi N of Clarks Green on Rt407, Abington Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA069—Lackawanna
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41075-E6—Dalton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Sautter, S. Browning
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellsboro
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Culvers
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 1.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.04 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.46 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.58 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/18/1966 ()
  • 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

    LOLIU

    LOUNU

    PHLEU

    Lolium

    Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus

    Phleum

    ryegrass

    American bird's-foot trefoil

    timothy

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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

    10

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    393

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    0

    1000

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    8.8

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior channery silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 20 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03422. 20% course fragments to 4 inches (flat).
    Bw—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 20 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03423. 20% coarse fragments to 3 inches (flat).
    E'2—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior channery loam; weak coarse platy, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 11 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium faint brown (7.5YR 4/2); 20 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03424. 20% coarse fragments to 3 inches (flat and round); has some bleached sand grains.
    B'x1—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior channery loam; weak medium blocky, and weak medium and coarse platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 25 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03425. 25% coarse fragments to 3 inches (flat and round).
    B'x2—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and pale red (2.5YR 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) channery silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2); 30 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03426. Roots to 30 inches; prism faces of pale red (2.5YR 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 30% coarse fragments to 6 inches (flat and round).
    B'x3—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and pale red (2.5YR 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) channery silt loam; moderate medium and coarse blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy structure; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2); 30 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03427. Prism faces of pale red (2.5YR 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); some black coats on plates; 30% coarse fragments to 6 inches (round and flat)
    B'x4—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and pale red (2.5YR 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) channery silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6); 35 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03428. Prism faces of pale red (2.5YR 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); some black coats on plates; 35% coarse fragments to 10 inches (flat and round);
    B'x5—142 to 165 centimeters (55.9 to 65.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and pale red (2.5YR 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) channery silt loam; moderate medium and coarse blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy structure; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 11 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2); 35 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03429. Prism faces of pale red (2.5YR 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); some black coats on plates; 30% coarse fragments to 6 inches (flat and round).; patchy - phpvsfiid 533527; patchy - phpvsfiid 533527
    B'x6—165 to 183 centimeters (65.0 to 72.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior channery silt loam; moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 1 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2); 30 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03430. Many black coats on plates; 30% coarse fragments to 6 inches (flat and round).; patchy - phpvsfiid 533529; patchy - phpvsfiid 533529