IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holly
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 829
  • User Pedon ID: 1966PA125010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 829
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 66PA125010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45347
  • 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: 40.2191667
  • Std. Longitude: -80.2066667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Washington Co., PA: N Strabane Twp. on Washington Trotters Assoc. farm 0.8 mi E of Medow Lands.
  • 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: R. Newbury and J. Hallowich
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holly
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Melvin
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • 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 - 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

    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

    0

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    302

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    0

    950

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    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06267. Few fine black (10YR 2/1) iron and mangaese concretions. Less than 2 percent coarse fragments. Slighly acid.
    BAg—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 11 percent fine and medium faint olive gray (5Y 5/2) and 11 percent fine and medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 2 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06268. Few fine black (10YR 2/1) iron and mangaese concretions. Less than 2 percent coarse fragments. Slightly acid.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535335; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535335
    Bwg—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films; 60 percent medium prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4); 2 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06269. Few fine black (10YR 2/1) iron and manganese concretions. Less than 2 percent coarse fragments. Slightly acid.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535336; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535336
    BCg—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium prominent olive gray (5Y 5/2) and 60 percent medium prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4); 2 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06270; wet, satiated when described;. Few black (10YR 2/1) iron and manganese concretions. 5 percent coarse fragments. 2 percent black carboneceous fragments. Neutral.
    2Cg1—102 to 142 centimeters (40.2 to 55.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior very gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 60 percent by volume limestone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06271; wet, satiated when described;. 60 percent 1/4 to 5 inch gravels. 2 percent coal chips. Few rotted wood fragments. Slightly acid.
    3Cg2—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior very bouldery silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 75 percent by volume limestone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU06272; wet, satiated when described;. Olive (5Y 5/6) streaks. Neutral.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535338; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535338