IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holly
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 30
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA005003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 30
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA005003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44210
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 40.8180556
  • Std. Longitude: -79.4738889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Armstrong Co. Home farm, 370 ft E of 65 ft S of fence about .5 mi N of Rt 85, 2 mi NE Kittaning, Raburn 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: G. Latshaw, E. Ciolkosz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holly
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atkins
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    TRIFO

    Trifolium

    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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    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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00199
    Bwg1—23 to 56 centimeters (9.1 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00200
    Bwg2—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00201
    C1—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior sandy clay loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 60 percent medium prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00202
    Cg2—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00203
    2C3—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very gravelly loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent faint clay films on top faces of peds; 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2); 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00204. Common black coatings.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531333; patchy - phpvsfiid 531334; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531333; patchy - phpvsfiid 531334