IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wharton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 238
  • User Pedon ID: 1973PA033016
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 238
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 73PA033016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44141
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 41.2075000
  • Std. Longitude: -78.4119444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 13 mi N of Clearfield, 0.8 mi on Shaggers Inn Rd. NE of junc. with Caladonia Rd. and 300 ft E of road.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA033—Clearfield
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41078-B4—Huntley, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Cunningham, G. Latshaw
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wharton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wharton
  • 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
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very 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

    ACRU

    POTR5

    PRSE2

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Populus tremuloides

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    quaking aspen

    black cherry

    northern red 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

    2

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    622

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    180

    1050

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    8.3

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    Oa—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01890
    A—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01891
    Bt1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01892
    Bt2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent coarse distinct light gray (5Y 7/1) and 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01893
    Btg1—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and light gray (5YR 7/1) broken face and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) exterior silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent medium distinct light gray (5Y 7/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01894; wet, satiated when described;
    Btg2—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior and light gray (5YR 7/1) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse platy, and strong very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 70 percent distinct light gray (5Y 7/1) clay films on surfaces along pores; 60 percent coarse distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 60 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01895; wet, satiated when described;
    BC—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent coarse distinct gray (5Y 5/1); 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01896; wet, satiated when described;
    C—160 to 195 centimeters (63.0 to 76.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01897; wet, satiated when described;. Structure dominated by the shale bedding planes.