IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mardin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956PA049003
  • User Pedon ID: 56PA049003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956PA049003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0374
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32902
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 41.8763885
  • Std. Longitude: -79.9527740
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: LeBouef Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania on Helen Henry farm, 1 mile east of Mill Village, just south of Route US 6 in grazed woodlot, 250 feet south of highway, 80 feet east of west boundary of woodlot, 10 feet north of blazed beech tree. Location shown on aerial photo APD-15-58.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA049—Erie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA049—Erie County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.J. Pedersen, F.G. Loughry, L.T. Kardos, D.C. Taylor and party.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Fragiudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mardin
  • PSC - 25 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Langford
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: APD-15-58
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    FAGUS

    FRAXI

    MIRE

    TRILL

    Fagus

    Fraxinus

    Mitchella repens

    Trillium

    beech

    ash

    partridgeberry

    trillium

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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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    442

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    225

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02786. Hardwood leaf litter.
    Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02787. Dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) leaf mold.
    A—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02788
    BA—11 to 28 centimeters (4.3 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; platy, and weak fine granular structure; friable, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02789
    Bw—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and platy structure; friable, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02790
    E—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02791
    Bx1—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam, very fine sandy loam; 21 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse distinct and 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02792. Structure arranged on caps of polygons.
    Bx2—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; massive, and weak medium platy; firm, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02793. Breaks in 6 and 8 inch polygons with interiors weak medium platy to massive.
    Bx3—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) coarse distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; moderate coarse platy structure; very firm, slightly plastic; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02794. Fragipan horizon.
    BC1—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) gravelly silty clay loam; 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/ coarse faint and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse faint mottles; weak medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately plastic; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02795
    BC2—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) gravelly silty clay loam; 1 percent 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/ distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately plastic; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02796
    183 to 196 centimeters (72.0 to 77.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; very firm, slightly plastic; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02797. Shaly silty clay loam.