IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pope
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 28
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 28
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA005001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44187
  • 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: 40.8202778
  • Std. Longitude: -79.4827778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Armstrong Co. Home farm, 620 ft E of farm lane gate and 200 ft S of permanent fence.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA005—Armstrong
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-G4—Mosgrove, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Latshaw, D. Grice, R. Smith, E. Ciolkosz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Dystric Fluventic Eutrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pope
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pope
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 4 in/hr of percolation rate and 4 in/hr of percolation rate and 4.5 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/2/1968 ()
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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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    293

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    0

    1050

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    9.6

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00183
    Bw1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00184
    Bw2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00185
    Bw3—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent faint clay films; 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00186. Some films bridging sand grains.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531321; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531321
    Bw4—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; clay films between sand grains; 60 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 60 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4); 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00187
    2BC—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; clay films between sand grains; 1 percent medium distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and 60 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00188
    3C1—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; faint clay films; 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00189. Clay films on tops of gravel.; patchy - phpvsfiid 531324; patchy - phpvsfiid 531324
    3C2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films; 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00190. Clay films on tops of gravel.; patchy - phpvsfiid 531325; patchy - phpvsfiid 531325