IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cavode
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 125
  • User Pedon ID: 1973PA019039
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 125
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 73PA019039
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43466
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.9425000
  • Std. Longitude: -80.0194444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3 mi W of Unionville 4 mi N of Mount Chestnut, and 5 mi S of Stone House.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA019—Butler
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40080-H1—Prospect, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Smith, E. Ciolkosz and S. Ekart
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive Aeric Endoaquults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 39
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cavode
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cavode
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/1973 ()
  • 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

    ACRU

    PHLEU

    Acer rubrum

    Phleum

    red maple

    timothy

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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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    381

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    315

    1000

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    9.2

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00938
    Bt—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent fine and medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent fine and medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00939
    Btg1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior clay; moderate medium blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00940
    Btg2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior clay; moderate medium blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00941
    Btg3—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior clay; moderate medium blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00942
    2Btg4—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent medium and coarse prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00943
    2Btg5—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00944
    2BC1—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00945. Some streaks of browish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8).
    2BC2—155 to 170 centimeters (61.0 to 66.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00946. Some streaks of light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8).
    2C—170 to 198 centimeters (66.9 to 78.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00947