IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buchanan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 575
  • User Pedon ID: 1979PA083009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 575
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 79PA083009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44515
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 41.6413889
  • Std. Longitude: -78.9494444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA083—McKean
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41078-F8—Ludlow, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Aguilar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Buchanan
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ernest
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/1979 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    TSCA

    Tsuga canadensis

    eastern hemlock

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    13—46

    46—138

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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

    16

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    525

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    170

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU04459. beech foliage and hemlock litter
    Oe—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04460. decomposed leaves
    Oa—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 medium and coarse roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04461. 74% organic matter
    E—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 medium and coarse roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04462
    Bhs—15 to 18 centimeters (5.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 38 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04463
    Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery clay loam, channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04464. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534196; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534196
    Bt2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior channery silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 38 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent clay films on rock fragments; 11 percent fine and medium light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 11 percent fine and medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent fine and medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04465
    2Bx1—51 to 95 centimeters (20.1 to 37.4 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior very channery loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films on rock fragments; 1 percent fine and medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); 55 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04466
    2Bx2—95 to 143 centimeters (37.4 to 56.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior extremely channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 65 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04467