IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harborcreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008PA049008
  • User Pedon ID: S08PA049008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008PA049008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0221
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24553
  • 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: 42.2308006
  • Std. Longitude: -79.8555984
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Penn State Lake Erie Regional Grape Research and Extension Center, 140 meters southwest of the intersection of State Route 5 and Cemetery Rd, Northeast Township, Erie County
  • Map Unit: CgB—Conotton coarse sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes290B—Harborcreek-Tyner complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA049—Erie
  • MLRA: 101—Ontario-Erie Plain and Finger Lakes Region
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 12-1—Mercer, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA049—Erie County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42079-B7—North East, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alex W. Dado
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Harborcreek
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harborcreek (T)
  • Classificaton Date - 6/24/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: beach sand
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: beach ridge
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Lake Warren Iii Beach Ridge member.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/24/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop vines
  • 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

    VITIS

    Vitis

    grape

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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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent by volume nonflat well rounded 2-4-25 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 56 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 fine roots throughout; 50 percent by volume nonflat well rounded 2-5-25 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—36 to 60 centimeters (14.2 to 23.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; 72 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 12 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 68 percent by volume nonflat well rounded 2-30-50 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—60 to 130 centimeters (23.6 to 51.2 inches); 90 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; 81 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 6 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 63 percent by volume nonflat well rounded 2-6-10 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C3—130 to 170 centimeters (51.2 to 66.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very gravelly coarse sand; 93 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 3 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume nonflat well rounded 2-6-50 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C4—170 to 200 centimeters (66.9 to 78.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) coarse sand; 91 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 3 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4 percent by volume nonflat well rounded 2-50-70 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. material generally coarsens with depth, a few thin strata af fine gravels present. Lab pH H2O 5.7.