IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Swartswood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 630
  • User Pedon ID: 1967PA095033
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 630
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67PA095033
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44577
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 40.8616667
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1863889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.5 mi S of East Bangor on T706 and 0.3 mi SW along telephone line.
  • 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: E. Sautter, J. Noll, R. Cunningham, G. Latshaw, L. Staley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 33
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Swartswood
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wooster
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.64 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.68 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.07 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.07 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.29 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.29 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

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

    PHLEU

    TRIFO

    Phleum

    Trifolium

    timothy

    clover

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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

    5

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    223

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    0

    1200

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04852. 20% fragments. Color is dark brown.
    Bw—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04853. 25% fragments. Color is yellowish brown.
    Bx1—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) exterior gravelly sandy loam; weak very coarse platy structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04854. 35% fragments. Some clay bridging. Color is yellowish brown.
    Bx2—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very coarse platy structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04855. 35% fragments. Color is dark brown.
    Bx3—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and light gray (N 7/0) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly sandy loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; clay films between sand grains; 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04856. 40% fragments. Color is dark yellowish brown with light gray prism faces.
    Bx4—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04857. 40% fragments. Color is yellowish brown with light brownish gray prism faces.
    Bx5—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; clay films between sand grains; 1 percent coarse distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) and 1 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6); 50 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04858. 50% fragments. Color is dark yellowish brown with light gray and yellowish red mottles.
    Bx6—165 to 198 centimeters (65.0 to 78.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; clay films between sand grains; 50 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04859. 50% fragments. Color is yellowish brown with light brownish gray and strong brown prism faces.