IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Swartswood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 629
  • User Pedon ID: 1967PA095032
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 629
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67PA095032
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44575
  • 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: 40.9330556
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1122222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.15 mi NW of Portland to T709 and 0.5 mi on T709, then 0.1 mi N on private lane.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA095—Northampton
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41078-D7—Portland Mills, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Sautter, J. Noll, R. Cunningham, G. Latshaw, L. Staley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 32
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Swartswood
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wooster
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.29 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.54 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.54 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.88 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 66 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/1967 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree 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

    CACA18

    FRAM2

    LITU

    SAAL5

    Acer rubrum

    Betula lenta

    Carpinus caroliniana

    Fraxinus americana

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    Sassafras albidum

    red maple

    sweet birch

    American hornbeam

    white ash

    tuliptree

    sassafras

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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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    165

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    315

    1200

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    10.2

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04842. Color is black.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04843. Color is dark brown. 20% fragments.
    BA—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04844. 20% fragments. Color is brownish yellow.
    Bw—26 to 54 centimeters (10.2 to 21.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films; 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 # PSU04845. 30% fragments. Color is light yellowish brown.
    Bx1—54 to 69 centimeters (21.3 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent prominent clay films; 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 # PSU04846. Color is yellowish brown. 30% fragments.
    Bx2—69 to 110 centimeters (27.2 to 43.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent prominent clay films; 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04847. 35% fragments. Color is yellowish brown.; patchy - phpvsfiid 534402; patchy - phpvsfiid 534402
    Bx3—110 to 135 centimeters (43.3 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent prominent clay films; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04848. 50% fragments. Color is brown with light gray and strong brown mottels.; patchy - phpvsfiid 534403; patchy - phpvsfiid 534403
    Bx4—135 to 166 centimeters (53.1 to 65.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brown (7.5YR 6/4) broken face and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face very gravelly sandy loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent prominent clay films; 1 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04849. 60% fragments. Color is yellowish brown with light gray and strong brown mottles.
    Bx5—166 to 193 centimeters (65.4 to 76.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent prominent clay films; 1 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04850. 75% fragments. Color is yellowish brown with light gray and strong brown mottles.
    Bx6—193 to 227 centimeters (76.0 to 89.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 1 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 35 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04851. 85% fragments. Color is light yellowish brown with light gray and strong brown mottles.