IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monongahela
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 807
  • User Pedon ID: 1966PA121010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 807
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 66PA121010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45323
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 41.3886110
  • Std. Longitude: -79.9047220
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 37 yds N of a gravel pit and 82yds E of railroad, 4 mi W of T356 on a dirt road 0.9 mi S of T285.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA121—Venango
  • MLRA: 139—Lake Erie Glaciated Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41079-D8—Utica, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Grice, N. Churchill, D. Hipes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Monongahela
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2013
  • Classifier - Alex Dado
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sciotoville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 1.67 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.04 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.46 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.08 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/1966 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    2FORB

    2GA

    ACER

    PRUNU

    —

    —

    Acer

    Prunus

    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    Grass, annual

    maple

    plum

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    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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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

    1

    —

    —

    357

    —

    0

    1000

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    8.9

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06056
    BA—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06057
    Bt—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06058. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535245; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535245
    Bx1—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face silt loam; weak fine platy, and strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06059. Light gray (10YR 7/2) prism faces.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535247; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535247
    Bx2—97 to 135 centimeters (38.2 to 53.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face silt loam; moderate medium blocky, and weak fine platy, and strong very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06060. Light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) prism faces.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535249; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535249
    2BC—135 to 170 centimeters (53.1 to 66.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior sandy loam; weak fine and medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06061. continuous - phpvsfiid 535250; continuous - phpvsfiid 535250
    3C—170 to 183 centimeters (66.9 to 72.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loam; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU06062