IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vandergrift
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 43
  • User Pedon ID: 1972PA007001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 43
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 72PA007001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44354
  • 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: 40.5050000
  • Std. Longitude: -80.4300000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2100 ft W of Penn. 18 along Duquesne Light Co. line 45 to pole 313243 and 290 ft S in Raccoon State Park
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA007—Beaver
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40080-E4—Hookstown, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Newbury, E. Sautter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vandergrift
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vandergrift
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • 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: 6/14/1972 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    2SHRUB

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    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    Shrub (>.5m)

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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

    8

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    357

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    0

    950

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    9.5

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00300
    Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior silty clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; faint clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00301. continuous - phpvsfiid 531404; continuous - phpvsfiid 531404
    Bt2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 5/3) exterior clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films; 1 percent fine faint 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00302. continuous - phpvsfiid 531405; continuous - phpvsfiid 531405
    Bt3—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films; 11 percent fine and medium distinct 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) and 11 percent fine and medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 11 percent fine and medium distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00303. continuous - phpvsfiid 531406; continuous - phpvsfiid 531406
    Bt4—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films; 60 percent medium and coarse distinct 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2); fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00304. Slide planes with slickensides noted
    Bt5—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films; 60 percent medium and coarse distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1); 25 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00305. Slide planes with slickensides. Pockets of weak red (10YR 4/3) clay material.
    Btg—124 to 147 centimeters (48.8 to 57.9 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior and light gray (2.5Y 7/1) exterior clay; weak coarse blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films and black (N 2/0) coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00306. Slide planes with slickensides; pockets of weak red (10YR 4/3) clay material; few coarse fragments.
    C1—147 to 180 centimeters (57.9 to 70.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior clay; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; 60 percent medium and coarse distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/1) and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6); 40 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00307. Pockets of weak red (10YR 4/3) clay material.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531411; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531411
    Cg2—180 to 211 centimeters (70.9 to 83.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) interior clay; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; 80 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00308. Streaks of light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and dark gray (2.5Y 4/0).; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531412; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531412
    C3—211 to 216 centimeters (83.1 to 85.0 inches); black (5Y 2/1) interior clay loam; structureless massive, and weak platy; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00309. "Coalish texture, platy shale"
    R—216 to 239 centimeters (85.0 to 94.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU00310. Soft shale