IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 458
  • User Pedon ID: 1966PA069004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 458
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 66PA069004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44385
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.4591667
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7958333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 180 ft W of T382, 0.2 mi S of Rt 35017, 2 mi SW of Schultsville Airport, Newton Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA069—Lackawanna
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41075-D7—Ransom, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Sautter, S. Browning, G. Lipscomb
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellsboro
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Culvers
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.19 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.31 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.31 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.81 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.94 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: 6/21/1966 ()
  • 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

    PHLEU

    TRPR2

    Lolium

    Phleum

    Trifolium pratense

    ryegrass

    timothy

    red clover

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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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    326

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    90

    950

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior channery silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 25 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03440. 25% coarse fragments to 6 inches.
    Bw—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03441. 20% coarse fragments to 3 inches (flat and round); upper one inch platy from plowing.
    E—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior channery loam; weak medium and coarse platy, and fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3); 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03442. 20% coarse fragments to 3 inches (flat and round).
    B'x1—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior channery loam; moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 60 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 35 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03443. 35% coarse fragments to 8 inches (flat and round).
    B'x2—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) broken face and 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) channery silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 25 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03444. 25% coarse fragments to 4 inches (flat and round).
    B'x3—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) broken face and 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) channery silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent black (N 2/0) coats; 60 percent coarse prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 20 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03445. 20% coarse fragments to 8 inches (flat and round).
    B'x4—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) broken face and 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) channery silt loam; moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium and coarse blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03446. 20% coarse fragments to 3 inches (flat and round).
    B'x5—119 to 142 centimeters (46.9 to 55.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) broken face and 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) channery silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy, and moderate coarse blocky structure; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent black (N 2/0) coats; 60 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03447. 20% coarse fragments to 3 inches (flat and round).
    B'x6—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) broken face and 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) channery silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy, and moderate coarse blocky structure; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent black (N 2/0) coats; 60 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03448. 20% coarse fragments to 3 inces (flat and round).