IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 842
  • User Pedon ID: 1985PA127004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 842
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 85PA127004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45362
  • 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: 41.9075000
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4075000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1B3-053-1-I33-357 WAYNE COUNTY SCOTT TOWNSHIP STAR- RUCCA QUADRANGLE AT COORDINATES LISTED ABOVE SITE ONE SAMPLED AT POINT. PIT ALSO DESCRIBED BY AC, JOHN WARNER. WATER POURING INTO PIT WHILE SAMPLING. HURRICANE GLORIA IN AREA.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA127—Wayne
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41075-H4—Starrucca, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Churchill, J. Hallowich, J. Hudak
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellsboro
  • PSC - 25 to 122 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: ground moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/2/1985 ()
  • 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

    POTR5

    TILIA

    Acer rubrum

    Populus tremuloides

    Tilia

    red maple

    quaking aspen

    basswood

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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—8

    31—69

    69—122

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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

    5

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    573

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    135

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) channery loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 3 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 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU07560; moist when described;
    Bw1—8 to 31 centimeters (3.1 to 12.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 3 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 # PSU07561; moist when described;
    Bw2—31 to 55 centimeters (12.2 to 21.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 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; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07562; moist when described;
    Bw3—55 to 65 centimeters (21.7 to 25.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) very channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout; 11 percent medium distinct gray (7.5YR 5/1) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 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; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07563; moist when described;
    Bx—65 to 122 centimeters (25.6 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) very channery loam; strong medium platy, and strong medium prismatic structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 60 percent coarse prominent gray (7.5YR 5/1) and 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 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; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # PSU07564; wet, satiated when described;