IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dormont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 385
  • User Pedon ID: 1981PA059002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 81PA059002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44304
  • 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: 39.7791667
  • Std. Longitude: -80.1194444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 4.5 mi NW of Mount Morris on Rt. T584, 0.5 mi S on T580, 800 ft. W into field.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA059—Greene
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39080-G1—Garards Fort, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Cronce, R. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dormont
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dormont
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/2/1981 ()
  • 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
    • 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

    34

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    405

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    90

    1000

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    9.9

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 2 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02882
    Bt1—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; faint clay films; 2 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02883. continuous - phpvsfiid 533118; continuous - phpvsfiid 533118
    Bt2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior channery silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; distinct clay films; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 15 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02884. patchy - phpvsfiid 533119; patchy - phpvsfiid 533119
    Btg1—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; distinct clay films; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 10 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02885. patchy - phpvsfiid 533120; patchy - phpvsfiid 533120
    Bt3—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior channery silty clay; moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine pores; distinct clay films; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 11 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 15 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02886. patchy - phpvsfiid 533121; patchy - phpvsfiid 533121
    BC—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior channery silty clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine pores; distinct clay films; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 60 percent coarse iron-manganese concretions; 15 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02887. patchy - phpvsfiid 533122; patchy - phpvsfiid 533122
    C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior channery silty clay; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine pores; faint clay films and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 60 percent coarse iron-manganese concretions; 30 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02888. patchy - phpvsfiid 533123; patchy - phpvsfiid 533123