IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fairpoint
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 42
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA005018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 42
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA005018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44343
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 40.9547222
  • Std. Longitude: -79.5938889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 12 mi NNW of Kittanning in Sugar Twp. 2.25 mi NE of Browns Crossroads (Pa 268), 2 mi into St. gamelands 105
  • 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, superactive, nonacid Typic Udorthents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fairpoint
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Minesoil
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/1974 ()
  • 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

    CAREX

    PISY

    POPUL

    TUSSI

    Carex

    Pinus sylvestris

    Populus

    Tussilago

    sedge

    Scots pine

    cottonwood

    coltsfoot

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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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    433

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    225

    1050

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    9.1

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior channery clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00293
    AC—13 to 46 centimeters (5.1 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior very channery clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00294
    C1—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior very channery clay loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00295. 10% void space
    C2—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior very channery loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 11 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1) and 11 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00296
    C3—94 to 130 centimeters (37.0 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6); 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00297
    C4—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior clay loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1) and 60 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00298
    C5—155 to 185 centimeters (61.0 to 72.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior clay loam; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00299