IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ravenna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 628
  • User Pedon ID: 1967PA095027
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 628
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67PA095027
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44574
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 40.8652778
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1791667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Joseph Mamana Farm, 0.5 mi S of East Bangor on T706 and 0.15 mi E on farm lane.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA095—Northampton
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-G2—Bangor, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Matelski, J. Noll, R. Cunningham, E. Sautter, G. Latshaw
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Aeric Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 27
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ravenna
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ravenna
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/1967 ()
  • 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

    ACRU

    BELE

    BEPO

    CAOV2

    DAST

    FRAM2

    PISY

    TORA2

    ULMUS

    VIPR

    Acer rubrum

    Betula lenta

    Betula populifolia

    Carya ovata

    Datura stramonium

    Fraxinus americana

    Pinus sylvestris

    Toxicodendron radicans

    Ulmus

    Viburnum prunifolium

    red maple

    sweet birch

    gray birch

    shagbark hickory

    jimsonweed

    white ash

    Scots pine

    eastern poison ivy

    elm

    blackhaw

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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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    213

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    180

    1200

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04834. 20% fragments. Color is very dark gray.
    Bw—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04835. 30% fragments. Color is yellowish brown with light brownish gray mottles.
    Bwg—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films; 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04836. 30% fragments. Color is strong brown with grayish brown mottles.
    Bgx1—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) interior gravelly loam; weak medium platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium and coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04837. 30% fragments. Color is light gray with yellowish brown mottles.
    Bgx2—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium and coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04838. 30% fragments. Color is light gray with yellowish brown mottles.
    Bgx3—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04839. 30% fragments. Color is light yellowish brown with light browish gray mottles.
    Bgx4—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04840. 35% fragments. Color is brown with light brownish gray prism faces.
    Bgx5—152 to 188 centimeters (59.8 to 74.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04841; wet, satiated when described;. 40% fragments. Color is light brownish gray with strong brown mottles.