IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hamplain
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 315
  • User Pedon ID: 1982PA039017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 82PA039017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44227
  • 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: 40.6838889
  • Std. Longitude: -80.1702778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 61 m E of French Creek, 122 m N of confluence of Bennyhoof Creek with French Creek, 5 km N of Meadville
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA039—Crawford
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41080-F2—Meadville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. W. Waltman and K. A. Connelly
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, active Fluventic Humudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hamplain
  • Classificaton Date - 3/8/2013
  • Classifier - Alex Dado
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kerrtown
  • Classificaton Date - 10/9/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/9/1982 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    1

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    335

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    180

    1000

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    8.9

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loam; strong coarse granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02358. Many 4-5 mm diameter earthworm burrows.
    A—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02359. Many 4-5 mm diameter earthworm burrows.
    A2—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loam; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02360. Common 4-5 mm earthworm burrows.
    Bw—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02361. Common 4-7 mm diameter earthworm burrows.
    Ab—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02362. Thick continuous silt coats on interiors of common 6 mm diameter earthworm burrows.
    Bwb—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02363. Few coarse roots.
    2Ab—119 to 130 centimeters (46.9 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02364
    2Bwb—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02365
    3C1—157 to 185 centimeters (61.8 to 72.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02366. Pale brown (10YR 6/3) bands of sand.
    4C2—185 to 203 centimeters (72.8 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02367
    5C3—203 to 216 centimeters (79.9 to 85.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 11 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02368
    6C4—216 to 225 centimeters (85.0 to 88.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior extremely gravelly sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; prominent dark gray (N 4/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments; 65 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02369. Gravels are dark gray (N 6/0).; continuous - phpvsfiid 532859; continuous - phpvsfiid 532859