IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vandergrift
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 35
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA005008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 35
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA005008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44265
  • Print Date: 4/18/2025

    • 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: 40.8508333
  • Std. Longitude: -79.2455556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Brice farm, .5 mi N Rt 03128 and 547 intxn, 75 ft E Rt 03128 & 110 ft SE of gate 2 mi SW Dayton, Wayne Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA005—Armstrong
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-G2—Plumville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vandergrift
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vandergrift
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.29 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.29 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.31 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.31 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.42 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.44 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    7

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    445

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    180

    1050

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    9.1

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00240
    Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior clay; strong medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films; 1 percent fine prominent light gray (10YR 7/2); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00241. "Red (2.5YR 4/6) crushed, with browon (7.5YR 5/4) coatings. Some Ap in worm holes and on some ped surfaces."; continuous - phpvsfiid 531363; continuous - phpvsfiid 531363
    Bt2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate coarse blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00242. Pale brown (10YR 6/3) coatings.
    Bt3—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak fine blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00243
    Bt4—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent fine prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 11 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU00244
    BCtg—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2); 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00245
    C—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films; 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2); 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU00246. patchy - phpvsfiid 531368; patchy - phpvsfiid 531368
    R—132 to 142 centimeters (52.0 to 55.9 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior; 38 percent distinct black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments. Lab sample # PSU00247. Soft clay shale and siltstone.