IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buchanan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958PA035011
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA035011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 269
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA035011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44175
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 41.0494444
  • Std. Longitude: -77.1986111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 210 ft S of Rt 880, 40 ft E of barn bridge, 1.5 mi E of Corroll, Green Twp.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA035—Clinton
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA035—Clinton County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41077-A2—Carroll, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, W. Steputis, C. Engle, E. Mason
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Aquic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Buchanan
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buchanan
  • Classificaton Date - 4/25/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/25/1958 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    DACA6

    DAGL

    LOUNU

    TRPR2

    Daucus carota

    Dactylis glomerata

    Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus

    Trifolium pratense

    Queen Anne's lace

    orchardgrass

    American bird's-foot trefoil

    red clover

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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

    7

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    439

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    180

    1000

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    8.9

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior channery silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02033
    BA—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02034
    Bt1—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02035
    Bt2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium platy, and moderate fine blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent fine distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4); fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02036. Friable to firm.
    Bx1—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 roots; 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent medium prominent pale yellow (5Y 7/3); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02037
    Bx2—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent coarse prominent light gray (5Y 7/2); 11 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02038. Structure in coarse plates.
    Bx3—104 to 145 centimeters (40.9 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02039. With 6-8 inch polygons.