IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lobdell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 29
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA005002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44198
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.8202778
  • Std. Longitude: -79.4786111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hayfield. Armstrong Co. Home farm, 700 ft E of farm lane, 80 ft S of fence. 2 mi NE of Kittaning, Rayburn Twp
  • 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: D. Grice, R. Smith
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Fluvaquentic Eutrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lobdell
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Philo
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 2 in/hr of percolation rate and 3 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 24 in/hr of percolation rate and 24 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately 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
    • 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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    —

    —

    —

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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 fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00191. Many worm casts.
    Bw1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00192. patchy - phpvsfiid 531326; patchy - phpvsfiid 531326
    Bw2—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00193. patchy - phpvsfiid 531327; patchy - phpvsfiid 531327
    Bw3—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 60 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent medium prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00194; wet, satiated when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 531328; patchy - phpvsfiid 531328
    Bwg1—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 60 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 60 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00195; wet, satiated when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 531329; patchy - phpvsfiid 531329
    Bwg2—94 to 102 centimeters (37.0 to 40.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium and coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00196; wet, satiated when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 531330; patchy - phpvsfiid 531330
    2C1—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; clay films on top faces of peds; 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00197; wet, satiated when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 531331; continuous - phpvsfiid 531331
    2C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very gravelly silt loam; structureless massive; very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on top faces of peds; 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00198; wet, satiated when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 531332; continuous - phpvsfiid 531332