IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brinkerton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 577
  • User Pedon ID: 1979PA083011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 577
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 79PA083011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44517
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.6280556
  • Std. Longitude: -78.9430556
  • 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 Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brinkerton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brinkerton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/1979 ()
  • 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

    FAGUS

    FRAM2

    Fagus

    Fraxinus americana

    beech

    white ash

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

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    8—50

    50—135

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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

    9

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    488

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    190

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU04477. beech and white ash foliage
    Oe—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04478
    Oa—4 to 6 centimeters (1.6 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04479. 55% organic matter
    E—6 to 14 centimeters (2.4 to 5.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior silt loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04480
    Btg1—14 to 30 centimeters (5.5 to 11.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04481. continuous - phpvsfiid 534206; continuous - phpvsfiid 534206
    Btg2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; clay films on all faces of peds and clay films on rock fragments; 1 percent medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 1 percent medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 11 percent medium distinct gray (N 6/0); 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04482
    2Bgx1—56 to 80 centimeters (22.0 to 31.5 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior channery loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent fine distinct gray (N 6/0); 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04483. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534209; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534209
    2Bgx2—80 to 119 centimeters (31.5 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior channery clay loam; moderate medium blocky, and moderate medium platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent clay films on rock fragments; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium and coarse distinct gray (N 6/0); 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04484
    2Bgx3—119 to 141 centimeters (46.9 to 55.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face channery clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent medium and coarse distinct gray (N 6/0); 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04485