IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Harborcreek
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2008PA049015
User Pedon ID:
S08PA049015
Vegetation Plot ID:
S2008PA049015
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
09N0222
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
24554
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:
41.9665947
Std. Longitude:
-80.4005585
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Fairview Evergreen Nursury - near village of East Springfield, .4 miles east of intersection of SR 215 and US 20, 60 meters south of Tubbs Road.
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:
139—Lake Erie Glaciated Plateau
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:
41080-H4—East Springfield, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
Alex W. Dado
Current Taxonomic Class:
Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
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 -
7/23/2008
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 Whittlesey Beach Ridge member.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/23/2008 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
shrub cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
crop shrubs
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
TAXUS
Taxus
yew
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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
4
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Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 74 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume flat rounded indurated 2-25-50 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Bw—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly coarse sandy loam; 64 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.2 fine roots between peds; 15 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat rounded indurated 50-75-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 22 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414009; patchy - phpvsfiid 414009
C1—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 4 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume flat rounded indurated 50-75-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
C2—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very gravelly coarse sand; 89 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 4 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume flat rounded indurated 15-40-100 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. 2 wavy and branching lamellae, 1-3 cm thick each. pH H2O - 5.6
C3—107 to 180 centimeters (42.1 to 70.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; 84 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 5 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume flat rounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket