IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 770
  • User Pedon ID: 1985PA115036
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 770
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 85PA115036
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45282
  • 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: 41.6533333
  • Std. Longitude: -75.8450000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1B3-021-1-I33-256 SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY LATHROP TOWNSHIP HOP BOTTOM QUADRANGLE EAST OF CORD POND AT COORDI- NATES LISTED ABOVE SITE ONE SUITABLE AND SAMPLED AT POINT.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA115—Susquehanna
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41075-F7—Hop Bottom, 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 #: 36
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellsboro
  • PSC - 25 to 57 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: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/1985 ()
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DAGL

    LOUNU

    TRPR2

    Dactylis glomerata

    Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus

    Trifolium pratense

    orchardgrass

    American bird's-foot trefoil

    red clover

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    fragipan

    0—16

    34—57

    57—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

    4

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    372

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU07529; moist when described;
    BA—16 to 34 centimeters (6.3 to 13.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07530; moist when described;
    Bw—34 to 57 centimeters (13.4 to 22.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 60 percent coarse prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and 60 percent coarse prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6); 2 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07531; moist when described;
    Bx1—57 to 85 centimeters (22.4 to 33.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) crushed channery silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 11 percent medium distinct light gray (N 7/0) and 11 percent medium distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2); 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07532; moist when described;
    Bx2—85 to 111 centimeters (33.5 to 43.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) crushed channery silt loam; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 11 percent medium distinct light gray (N 7/0) and 11 percent medium distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2); 10 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; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07533; moist when described;
    Bx3—111 to 153 centimeters (43.7 to 60.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) crushed channery silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 11 percent medium distinct light gray (N 7/0) and 11 percent medium distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2); 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # PSU07534; moist when described;