IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bethesda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 40
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA005016
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 40
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA005016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44321
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 40.8833333
  • Std. Longitude: -79.6163889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 7 mi NO of Kittanning, E Franklin Twp, Armstrong Co. 1 mi W of Cowansville (Pa268) on T499 .25 mi into mine
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA005—Armstrong
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-H5—East Brady, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Carlisle, R. Smith, and G. Latshaw
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, acid, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bethesda
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Minesoil
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1974 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - culturally induced barren
  • 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

    COVA2

    LOAR10

    TRPR2

    Coronilla varia

    Lolium arundinaceum

    Trifolium pratense

    crownvetch

    tall fescue

    red 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

    4

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    457

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    135

    1050

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    C1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior gravelly loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 11 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1); 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00282. "Upper 1 inch has moderate fine granular structure, is very friable, has many fine roots, is probably Ap. Upper 1-3 inches probably was an A1 horizon (Ciolkosz)."
    C2—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior very gravelly loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent fine distinct gray (5Y 5/1) and 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00283
    C3—46 to 89 centimeters (18.1 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent medium distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00284
    C4—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior very gravelly loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1) and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00285
    C5—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior gravelly loam; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent fine and medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 11 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00286. A large sandstone extends from 60 to 70 inches (bottom of pit).