IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Volusia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 465
  • User Pedon ID: 1980PA069011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 465
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 80PA069011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44393
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 41.5294444
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6677778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3.4 km E of Waverly on Rt 632, 100 m W of house and stone fence, 120 ft N of road, C. Reynolds farm, R.D. 1
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA069—Lackawanna
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41075-E6—Dalton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. J. Waltman and R. C. Cronce
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Aeric Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Volusia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Volusia
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/1980 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    DAGL

    PHLEU

    Dactylis glomerata

    Phleum

    orchardgrass

    timothy

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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

    1

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    451

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    135

    1000

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    8.6

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior gravelly silt loam; weak medium granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03496. 12-35% rock fragments.
    E—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior gravelly loam; weak medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11 percent coarse prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8); 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03497. 30-50% rock fragments.
    Bx1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong very coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03498. 30-50% rock fragments; mottles are in prism matrix.
    Bx2—51 to 97 centimeters (20.1 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face gravelly sandy clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03499. Very pale brown (10YR 7/3) in prism face; 20-40% rock fragments.
    Bx3—97 to 145 centimeters (38.2 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3); 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03500. 25-50% rock fragments.
    Bx4—145 to 198 centimeters (57.1 to 78.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face cobbly loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct pale olive (5Y 6/3); 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03501. 25-50% rock fragments.
    2C—198 to 211 centimeters (78.0 to 83.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 38 percent distinct clay films; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03502. 10-30% rock fragments.