IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rayne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005PA031009
  • User Pedon ID: S2005PA031009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2005PA031009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0397
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18929
  • 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: 41.2270317
  • Std. Longitude: -79.5863953
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.3 Miles west of Knox on PA 208, then 1800' south of PA 208. Alliance for Wetlands and Wildlife property.
  • Map Unit: Gw—Gilpin soils, 25 to 35 percent slopes, severely eroded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA031—Clarion
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA031—Clarion County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41079-B5—Knox, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alex W. Dado
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rayne
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/2005
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from shale and siltstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Allegheny Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/6/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ACRU

    FRAXI

    PRSE2

    Acer rubrum

    Fraxinus

    Prunus serotina

    red maple

    ash

    black cherry

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
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    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

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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

    40

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    445

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 75-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. high organic percentage
    BA—5 to 31 centimeters (2.0 to 12.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 75-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N02042; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—31 to 61 centimeters (12.2 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; on rock fragments and 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume flat angular ? to 75-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N02043; moist when described; observed in pit, small. some fragments are black shale.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 353636; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 353636
    Bt2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silt loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots between peds; clay films on rock fragments and 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent by volume flat angular ? to 75-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N02044; moist when described; observed in pit, small. some fragments are black shale.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 353638; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 353638
    BC—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very channery loam; 20 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 50 percent by volume flat angular ? to 75-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N02045; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 353640; patchy - phpvsfiid 353640
    C—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) extremely channery loam; 20 percent clay; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 70 percent by volume flat angular ? to 75-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 07N02046; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    R—147 centimeters (57.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small. fractured siltstone bedrock