IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Swartswood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 677
  • User Pedon ID: 1985PA103044
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 677
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 85PA103044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44628
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 41.3744444
  • Std. Longitude: -74.9216667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1B1-023-1-I33-044 PIKE COUNTY SHOHOLA TOWNSHIP EDGEMERE QUADRANGLE AT THE COORDINATES LISTED ABOVE. SITE ONE SATISFACTORY AND SAMPLED AT POINT.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA103—Pike
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41074-C8—Edgemere, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Churchill, J. Hallowich, J. Hudak, C. Kohler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 44
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Swartswood
  • PSC - 25 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/9/1985 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    ACRU

    QUAL

    QUPR2

    Acer rubrum

    Quercus alba

    Quercus prinus

    red maple

    white oak

    chestnut oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    cambic horizon

    fragipan

    0—25

    6—13

    13—80

    80—153

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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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    427

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    90

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    A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0) crushed channery loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU07317; moist when described;
    E—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) crushed channery loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07318; moist when described;
    Bw1—13 to 32 centimeters (5.1 to 12.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07319; moist when described;
    Bw2—32 to 50 centimeters (12.6 to 19.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed channery sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07320; moist when described;
    Bw3—50 to 80 centimeters (19.7 to 31.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed very channery sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07321; moist when described;
    Bx—80 to 153 centimeters (31.5 to 60.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed very channery sandy loam; strong medium prismatic, and strong medium platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 11 percent fine distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and 11 percent fine prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2); 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # PSU07322; moist when described;