IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Towhee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 104
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA017013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 104
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA017013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43443
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.4880556
  • Std. Longitude: -75.2408333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: State Games Lands, 0.6 mi NE of jct Rt 09130 and unimproved game land Rd. 2 mi E of Applebachville, Haycock
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA017—Bucks
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-D2—Bedminster, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. B. Carey and E. H. Sautter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Towhee
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Watchung
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: lowland
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/1968 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • 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

    2FORB

    CAREX

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    Carex

    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    sedge

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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

    2

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    189

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    180

    1150

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    10.2

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 5/3); fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00773; wet, satiated when described;
    BAg—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00774; wet, satiated when described;. Few rounded diabase fragments.
    Btg1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and light gray (5Y 7/1) broken face silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds and faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 60 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8); fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00775; wet, satiated when described;. Prism faces of light gray (5Y 7/1); occasional diabase fragments.
    Btg2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and light gray (5Y 7/1) broken face silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and medium platy, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 60 percent coarse prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4); 5 percent by volume basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00776; wet, satiated when described;
    Bgx1—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior and black (N 2/0) broken face silty clay; medium platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; manganese or iron-manganese stains and faint clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent coarse distinct light gray (5Y 7/1); 10 percent by volume basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00777; wet, satiated when described;. Coats very thick on prism faces; mottles are in interiors; continuous - phpvsfiid 531757; continuous - phpvsfiid 531757
    Bgx2—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior and black (N 2/0) broken face channery silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; manganese or iron-manganese stains and distinct clay films; 11 percent medium distinct light gray (5Y 7/1) and 11 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); 15 percent by volume basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00778; wet, satiated when described;. Prism faces are white (N 6/0); patchy - phpvsfiid 531759; patchy - phpvsfiid 531759
    Bx1—127 to 170 centimeters (50.0 to 66.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face channery silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; manganese or iron-manganese stains and distinct clay films; 11 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) and 11 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2); 15 percent by volume basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00779; wet, satiated when described;. Mottles on interior; prism faces of light gray (10YR 7/2).; patchy - phpvsfiid 531761; patchy - phpvsfiid 531761
    C—170 to 183 centimeters (66.9 to 72.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior channery clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; manganese or iron-manganese stains and distinct clay films; 11 percent medium distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) and 11 percent medium distinct yellow (10YR 7/6); 15 percent by volume basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00780; wet, satiated when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 531763; patchy - phpvsfiid 531763