IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Watson
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1957PA025011
User Pedon ID:
1957PA025011
Vegetation Plot ID:
150
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
57PA025011
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
43494
Print Date:
5/29/2024
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:
40.8980556
Std. Longitude:
-75.9150000
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Along Rt 13025 opposite airport; 120' E of highway in line with north wall of house.
State:
Pennsylvania
County:
PA025—Carbon
MLRA:
147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
PA025—Carbon County, Pennsylvania
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
40075-H8—Hazleton, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
F. Loughry, G. Fisher, R. Matelski, C. Engle
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PSU
Pedon #:
11
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Watson
Classificaton Date -
5/7/2012
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Drums
Classificaton Date -
10/25/1957
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
mountain system
Landform:
ground moraine
Runoff:
very low
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/25/1957 ()
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
row crop
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
2GA
TRIFO
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Trifolium
Grass, annual
clover
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—
—
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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
3
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—
384
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180
1200
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9.2
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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01081. "Only about 5% sandstone, quartz and shale gravels; thickness ranges from 7 to 9""."
BA—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01082. "About 5% gravels; partial clay films on peds; thickness ranges from 2 to 6""."
Bt1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01083. "About 5% gravel; thickness ranges from 3 to7""."
Bt2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak and moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6); 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01084. "Contains about 5% gravel; thickness ranges from 3 to 7""."
Btg1—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6); 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01085. "About 5% gravel; thickness ranges from 6 to 10""."
Btg2—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01086. "Contains about 20% gravel; thickness ranges from 4 to 8""."
BC—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films; 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01087. "Contains about 25% gravels; thickness ranges from 4 to 7""."; patchy - phpvsfiid 531986; patchy - phpvsfiid 531986
C1—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly silt loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; 11 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01088. "About 40% siltstone and other gravels; thickness ranges from 10 to 12""."
C2—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); very gravelly silt loam; 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01089. Similar material with increasing proportion of unweathered siltstone.