IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 463
  • User Pedon ID: 1966PA069009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 463
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 66PA069009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44391
  • 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: 41.3538889
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5508333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Elmhurst Country Club; 600 ft W of club house to picnic shelter, 200 ft S of shelter, Roaring Brook Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA069—Lackawanna
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41075-C5—Moscow, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Sautter, S. Browning
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellsboro
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellsboro
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.58 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.92 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/22/1966 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    ACSA3

    BEPA

    FAGUS

    PRSE2

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Betula papyrifera

    Fagus

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    sugar maple

    paper birch

    beech

    black cherry

    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

    4

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    536

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    135

    1050

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    8.3

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    Oi—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03478. Leaf litter and twigs - relatively unaltered.
    Oa—7 to 10 centimeters (2.8 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03479. Highly decomposed organic material
    E—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); weak red (10R 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03480. 10% fragments to 6 inches (flat and round).
    Bh—18 to 20 centimeters (7.1 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium granular, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03481. 5% fragments to 3 inches (flat and round).
    Bw1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium granular, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03482. 5% fragments to 3 inches (flat and round).
    Bw2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior channery silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03483. 20% fragments to 4 inches (flat and round).; patchy - phpvsfiid 533550; patchy - phpvsfiid 533550
    Bx1—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and reddish gray (5YR 5/2) broken face and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) channery silt loam; weak medium and coarse platy, and weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent fine distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 60 percent fine distinct reddish gray (5YR 5/2); 40 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03484. Coarse prism faces of yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2); 40% fragments to 6 inches (flat and round).
    Bx2—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) broken face and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) channery silt loam; moderate medium and coarse blocky, and weak medium and coarse platy, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium distinct reddish gray (5YR 5/2); 40 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03485. Coarse prism faces of yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2); 40% fragments to 6 inches (flat and round).
    Bx3—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) broken face and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) very channery silt loam; moderate medium and coarse blocky, and weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy structure; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 11 percent medium distinct reddish gray (5YR 5/2); 55 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03486. Coarse prism faces of yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2); 55% fragments to 8 inches (flat and round).
    Bx4—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) broken face and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) very channery silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 11 percent medium distinct reddish gray (5YR 5/2); 10 percent by volume ? to 265-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03487. Coarse prism faces of yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2); 60% fragments to 10 inches (flat and round).
    Bx5—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) broken face and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) channery silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse platy, and weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; extremely firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 1 percent fine distinct reddish gray (5YR 5/2); 50 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03488. Coarse prism faces of yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2); 50% fragments to 8 inches (flat and round).
    Bx6—160 to 193 centimeters (63.0 to 76.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/2) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) broken face and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) channery silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse platy, and moderate medium and coarse blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 70 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 1 percent fine distinct reddish gray (5YR 5/2); 50 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03489. Coarse prism faces of yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2); 50% fragments to 4 inches (flat and round).