IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pope
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA017002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 93
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA017002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45408
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 40.3313889
  • Std. Longitude: -74.9338889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Washington Crossing St. Park at Bowans Hill, Solebury Twp. In park, adjacent to Delaware River
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA017—Bucks
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40074-C8—Lambertville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. B. Carey, E. H. Sautter and Carl Guernsey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Dystric Fluventic Eutrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pope
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tioga
  • Classificaton Date - 6/17/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.31 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.56 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.56 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.63 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.69 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: lowland
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/17/1968 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop trees
  • 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

    POPR

    Poa pratensis

    Kentucky bluegrass

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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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    6

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    90

    1100

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    10.9

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00679
    Ap2—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU00680
    Bw1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00681. "Silt films on larger surfaces, movement of Ap through worm holes."
    Bw2—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00682. Silt films on larger surfaces
    Bw3—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00683. Silt films on larger surfaces.
    Bw4—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; clay films on surfaces along root channels and faint manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00684. "Patchy clay films in worm holes; silt films on larger surfaces. Firm in place, slightly brittle displaced."; patchy - phpvsfiid 531696; patchy - phpvsfiid 531696
    BC—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00685
    2C1—137 to 175 centimeters (53.9 to 68.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loamy sand; weak medium platy structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00686. Bands of dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4); thin bands from 54 inches down.
    2C2—175 to 213 centimeters (68.9 to 83.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sand; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00687. Bands of dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4); bands 0.5 to 1 inch in thickness and slightly redder.