IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buchanan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 237
  • User Pedon ID: 1973PA033015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 237
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 73PA033015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44140
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 41.1783333
  • Std. Longitude: -78.5388889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 13 mi NW of Clearfield, 1 mi E of Rt. 153 on Mud Run Rd., 300 ft S of road.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA033—Clearfield
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41078-B5—Penfield, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz, D. Grice, G. Petersen, J. Hollowich
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Buchanan
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ernest
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/22/1973 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree 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

    POTR5

    PRSE2

    QUAL

    Populus tremuloides

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus alba

    quaking aspen

    black cherry

    white oak

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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

    3

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    524

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    0

    1050

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    8.6

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 5 percent by volume shale-siltstone fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01881
    BA—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume shale-siltstone fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01882
    Bt1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume shale-siltstone fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01883
    Bt2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume shale-siltstone fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01884
    Bx1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 3.0 roots; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 15 percent by volume shale-siltstone fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01885
    Bx2—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 20 percent by volume shale-siltstone fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01886
    Bx3—84 to 119 centimeters (33.1 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 25 percent by volume shale-siltstone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01887; wet, satiated when described;
    Bx4—119 to 147 centimeters (46.9 to 57.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 30 percent by volume shale-siltstone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01888; wet, satiated when described;
    Bx5—147 to 165 centimeters (57.9 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 40 percent by volume shale-siltstone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01889; wet, satiated when described;