IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Guernsey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 825
  • User Pedon ID: 1966PA125006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 825
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 66PA125006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45343
  • 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: 40.1472222
  • Std. Longitude: -80.1613889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Washington Co., PA: On Morgan Glo Farm about 1 mi N of Hendersonville, pit in hayfield 70' E of power pole.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA125—Washington
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40080-B2—Washington East, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ray Newbury, Dr. Gary Petersen, Joe Hallowich
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Guernsey
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Guernsey
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/1966 ()
  • 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

    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

    1

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    361

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    225

    950

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06231. Strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) subsoil mixed into plow layer. Less than 2 percent coarse fragments. Medium acid.
    Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; strong fine and medium blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 2 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06232. Less than 2 percent coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 535316; continuous - phpvsfiid 535316
    Bt2—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 1 percent coarse distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 1 percent coarse faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 2 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06233. Few fine black (10YR 2/1) iron and manganese concretions. Strongly acid. Less than 2 percent coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 535317; continuous - phpvsfiid 535317
    Bt3—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 60 percent fine and medium faint yellow (10YR 7/8); 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06234. Many black (10YR 2/1) iron and manganese coatings and concretions. 5 percent coarse fragments. Strongly acid.; continuous - phpvsfiid 535318; continuous - phpvsfiid 535318
    Btg—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior silty clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films; 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 2 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06235. "Less than 2 percent coarse fragments. In the form of a stoneline at 27"". Slightly acid."
    Cg—84 to 97 centimeters (33.1 to 38.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior silty clay; structureless massive, and weak coarse prismatic; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4); 10 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06236. Many fine white (10YR 8/1) limes specks. 10 percent coarse fragments. Neutral to mildly alkaline.
    C1—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior clay loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 60 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3); 30 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06237. 30 percent coarse fragments. Neutral to mildly alkaline.
    2C2—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior clay loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 85 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU06238. Silt and clay coatings on olive (5Y 5/3) shale. 85 percent coarse fragments. Neutral.
    2C3—137 to 178 centimeters (53.9 to 70.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior clay loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 80 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06239. Yellowish red (5YR 5/8) soft shale with 2-6 inch areas of olive (5Y 5/4) firm shale. 80 percent coarse fragments. Neutral.
    2R—178 to 193 centimeters (70.1 to 76.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU06240. Reddish brown (5YR 4/4) streaks and coatings; soft fractured shale grading to hard massive shale with depth.