IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ellery
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 631
  • User Pedon ID: 1967PA095035
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 631
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67PA095035
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44578
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.9327778
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1147222
  • 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: R. Matelski, J. Noll, R. Cunningham, E. Sautter, G. Latshaw
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 35
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ellery
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alden
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1967 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • 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

    CAREX

    IMNO

    ROSA

    SANI

    TORA2

    Acer rubrum

    Carex

    Impatiens noli-tangere

    Rorippa sarmentosa

    Salix nigra

    Toxicodendron radicans

    red maple

    sedge

    western touch-me-not

    longrunner

    black willow

    eastern poison ivy

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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

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    162

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    1200

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, gray (10YR 6/1) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04860. 5% fragments. Color is very dark gray.
    Bwg1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) interior silty clay; moderate fine prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 4/3); 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04861. 5% fragments. Color is very dark gray with dark brown mottles.
    Bwg2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent clay films; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04862. 5% fragments. Color gray with yellowish brown mottles.
    2Bwg3—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 11 percent medium and coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04863; wet, satiated when described;. 30% fragments. Color is gray with yellowish brown mottles.
    2Bgx1—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 14 percent clay films; 11 percent medium and coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium and coarse prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04864; wet, satiated when described;. 30% fragments. Color is gray with light
    2Bgx2—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; very firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent clay films; 60 percent medium and coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04865; wet, satiated when described;. 35% fragments. Color is gray with olive brown mottles.
    2Bgx3—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and gray (N 5/0) broken face gravelly sandy loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04866; wet, satiated when described;. 45% fragments. Color is yellowish brown with gray prism faces.
    3Cg—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior sandy loam; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 85 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04867; wet, satiated when described;. 35% fragments. Color is gray and olive brown.