IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Volusia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 466
  • User Pedon ID: 1980PA069012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 466
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 80PA069012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44394
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.5166667
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6483333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: G. Miller farm, 1 km E of Edella on LR35021, 20m from NE corner of stone fence, 10 m from hedgerow.
  • 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 B. J. Carter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Aeric Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Volusia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Volusia
  • Classificaton Date - 4/25/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/25/1980 ()
  • 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

    TRIFO

    Dactylis glomerata

    Phleum

    Trifolium

    orchardgrass

    timothy

    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

    2

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    482

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    90

    1000

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    8.5

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior gravelly loam; moderate fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03503. 10-20% rock fragments.
    E—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 11 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03504
    Bx1—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly loam; moderate medium platy, and strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3); 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03505. 25-50% rock fragments; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine sandy loam in prism face; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) in subcutanic zone.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533564; patchy - phpvsfiid 533565; patchy - phpvsfiid 533564; patchy - phpvsfiid 533565
    Bx2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 70 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3); 65 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03506. Light gray (10YR 7/2) gravelly loam in prism faces; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) in subcutanic zone; 60-70% rock fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533567; patchy - phpvsfiid 533567
    Bx3—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 65 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03507. Light gray (10YR 7/2) loam in prism faces; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) subcutanic zone; 60-70% rock fragments.
    Bx4—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03508. 30-50% rock fragments; light gray (10YR 7/2) loam in prism faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533570; patchy - phpvsfiid 533570
    Bx5—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 60 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03509. Light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) in prism faces; 50-75% rock fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533572; patchy - phpvsfiid 533572
    Bx6—152 to 190 centimeters (59.8 to 74.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong medium platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4); 50 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03510. Pale brown (10YR 6/3) in prism faces; 40-60% rock fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533574; patchy - phpvsfiid 533574
    2Bx7—190 to 210 centimeters (74.8 to 82.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 50 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03511. Brown (10YR 6/3) prism faces; 40-60% rock fragments.