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: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.9665947
  • 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

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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 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