IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Platea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956PA049009
  • User Pedon ID: 56PA049009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956PA049009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0355
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32883
  • 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: 41.8699150
  • Std. Longitude: -80.4877243
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Conneaut Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania. On State Game Lands No. 101, east of Township Route 312, 700 feet south of Township Route 341, in open area surrounded by brush and bounded on the south by scotch pine windbreak, 75 feet east of road, 60 feet north of windbreak. Location is shown on aerial photo APD-1-44.
  • 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: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Fragic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Platea
  • PSC - 25 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Trumbull
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: APD-1-44
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    ASCLE

    POTEN

    POTR5

    RHHI2

    ROPS

    RUBUS

    Asclepias

    Potentilla

    Populus tremuloides

    Rhus hirta

    Robinia pseudoacacia

    Rubus

    milkweed

    cinquefoil

    quaking aspen

    staghorn sumac

    black locust

    blackberry

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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

    1

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    293

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    180

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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02621. Dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) knot of rotted grass and leaves containing roots.
    Ap—2 to 20 centimeters (0.8 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular, and platy structure; friable, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02622
    E—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02623
    BE—25 to 45 centimeters (9.8 to 17.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly plastic; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02624. Tops of polygons recognizable; clay coats 1/2 mm thick.
    Btx—45 to 66 centimeters (17.7 to 26.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/ medium distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02625
    BCt—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay; 1 percent 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/ medium distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and platy structure; hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02626. Coats on peds 1/2 to 2 mm thick.
    C1—86 to 116 centimeters (33.9 to 45.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist,; fragments, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02627. Coats 1/2 to 2 mm thick on peds underlain by (10YR 5/6) streaks.
    C2—116 to 134 centimeters (45.7 to 52.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist,; fragments, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02628. Appears identical to horizon above in macro characteristics separated in sampling because of total thickness which ranges from 10-22 inches.
    2C3—134 to 149 centimeters (52.8 to 58.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; loose, slightly sticky; coats on sand and gravel; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02629. Slightly sticky when wet due to coats; gravel includes many shale fragments.
    3C4—149 to 185 centimeters (58.7 to 72.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) stratified silty clay; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) mottles; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; firm, moderately plastic; fragments, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A02630
    4C5—185 to 203 centimeters (72.8 to 79.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02631. Gravelly stratum