IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fitchville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 109
  • User Pedon ID: 1969PA019001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 109
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 69PA019001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43448
  • 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: 41.1391667
  • Std. Longitude: -79.9841667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 1/4 mi E of Harrisville, 6 mi NE of Slippery Rock Borough and 5 1/4 mi W of Murrinsville.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA019—Butler
  • MLRA: 139—Lake Erie Glaciated Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41079-B8—Barkeyville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. B. Carey, R. V. Smith, and R. L. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active Aeric Fragiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fitchville
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2013
  • Classifier - Alex Dado
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gresham
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.02 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.03 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1969 ()
  • 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

    1

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    393

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    135

    1000

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    9.2

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00806
    BA—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine faint light gray (10YR 7/2); 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00807
    Bt—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00808. Light gray (10YR 7/1) prism coatings.; continuous - phpvsfiid 531788; continuous - phpvsfiid 531788
    Bx1—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1); 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00809. Prism coatings are light gray (10R 7/1).
    Bx2—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along pores and prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent medium faint pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2); 3 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00810; wet, satiated when described;
    Bx3—99 to 132 centimeters (39.0 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and white (N 8/0) broken face silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3); 2 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00811; wet, satiated when described;
    Bx4—132 to 170 centimeters (52.0 to 66.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and white (N 8/0) broken face silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1); 2 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00812; wet, satiated when described;
    Bx5—170 to 190 centimeters (66.9 to 74.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and white (N 8/0) broken face silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1); 2 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00813; wet, satiated when described;