IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Craigsville
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
687
User Pedon ID:
1988PA105012
Vegetation Plot ID:
687
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
88PA105012
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
44639
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
41.6736111
Std. Longitude:
-77.7744444
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
3400 FEET SOSUTH OF CORBETT, 12000 FEET NORTHWEST OF CHERRY SPRINGS FIRE TOWER. PEDON IS IN WATERTANK HOLLOW ASPECT N 14 DEGREES
Country:
US—United States
State:
Pennsylvania
County:
PA105—Potter
MLRA:
127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
PEDON
Describers Name:
N. Churchill, S. Anderson, J. Chibirka, T. Craul, A. Wilkins
Current Taxonomic Class:
Loamy-skeletal, mixed Fluventic Dystrochrepts
Pedon Record Orgin:
DDRP
Pedon #:
12
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Craigsville
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
5/7/2012
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
mountain valleys or canyons
Landform:
flood plain
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
occasional flooding
Ponding:
rare ponding
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/22/1988 ()
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
hayland
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
Dactylis glomerata
orchardgrass
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Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
cambic horizon
0—26
26—128
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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
3
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530
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0
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Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior gravelly silt loam; 27 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 20 percent by volume rounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07336; moist when described;
Bw1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior very gravelly loam; 27 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 55 percent by volume rounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU07337; moist when described;
Bw2—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior very gravelly loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume rounded ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume rounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU07338; moist when described;
Bw3—76 to 105 centimeters (29.9 to 41.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior extremely gravelly loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume rounded ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume rounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07339; moist when described;
Bw4—105 to 128 centimeters (41.3 to 50.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior extremely gravelly loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume rounded ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume rounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07340; moist when described;
BC—128 to 164 centimeters (50.4 to 64.6 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior extremely gravelly loam; 27 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 38 percent distinct dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) coats throughout; 5 percent by volume rounded ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume rounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # PSU07341; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534657; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534657