IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Williamson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 81
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA015007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 81
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA015007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45326
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 41.7269444
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3588889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Stephen Neiley farm .75 mi E on 08076 from the junction of PA 187 and 300 ft NE of the barn.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA015—Bradford
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-F3—Wyalusing, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. J. Ciolkosz and E. H. Sautter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Williamson
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Williamson
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/1968 ()
  • 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

    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

    4

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    256

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    135

    900

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    9.1

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00572
    E—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00573
    BA—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak coarse platy, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00574
    Bx1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate coarse platy, and moderate fine and medium blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; faint clay films and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00575. patchy - phpvsfiid 531604; patchy - phpvsfiid 531604
    Bx2—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silt loam; moderate fine and medium blocky, and moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; faint clay films; 60 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00576. Ped surfaces are dark brown (10YR 4/3).; patchy - phpvsfiid 531606; patchy - phpvsfiid 531606
    Bx3—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 60 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00577. Subsruface prism faces are strong brown (7.5YR 5/6).; patchy - phpvsfiid 531607; patchy - phpvsfiid 531607
    2Bx4—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) channery silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and faint clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00578. Dark brown (10YR 4/3) prism interiors. Subsurface prism faces are strong brown (7.5YR 5/6).; patchy - phpvsfiid 531610; patchy - phpvsfiid 531610
    3R—117 to 155 centimeters (46.1 to 61.0 inches); 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00579. Thin horizontal beds of soft gray to brown shale. Some thin layers of sandstone.