IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cavode
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 413
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA063002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 413
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA063002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44336
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 40.7677778
  • Std. Longitude: -79.0727778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Loughry farm, 75 ft E of W bdry, 40 ft S of woods, 1 mi W of Marion Center, East Mahoning Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA063—Indiana
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-G1—Marion Center, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cavode
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cavode
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1958 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    CORNU

    QUAL

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Cornus

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    dogwood

    white oak

    northern red oak

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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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    427

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    180

    1150

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    9.2

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU03140. Hardwood leaf litter.
    Oa—1 to 4 centimeters (0.4 to 1.6 inches); black (N 2/0) interior; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03141. Granular leafmold with considerable mixing of mineral soil by worm and insect activity; a few very dark gray concretions.
    A—4 to 14 centimeters (1.6 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03142. A few reddish brown concretions.
    E—14 to 19 centimeters (5.5 to 7.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03143. A few hard concretions.
    BE—19 to 27 centimeters (7.5 to 10.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium granular, and structureless fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03144. Many brown concretions.
    Bt—27 to 42 centimeters (10.6 to 16.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and red (2.5YR 4/6) broken face silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 1 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03145. Thin pitted clay films which are slightly paler yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) than the matrix; many small brown and reddish brown concretions.
    Btg1—42 to 57 centimeters (16.5 to 22.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light gray (N 7/0) broken face clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; friable, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 11 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) and 11 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03146. clay coatings are thicker on prism faces; some structrue breaking to moderate medium blocky with distinct clay films on ped faces; many small concretions.
    Btg2—57 to 75 centimeters (22.4 to 29.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium blocky structure; firm, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent distinct light gray (N 7/0) coats on all faces of peds and 14 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 11 percent fine prominent gray (10YR 6/1) and 11 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03147; wet, satiated when described;. Many small broown concretions.
    BCg—75 to 99 centimeters (29.5 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine blocky structure; very firm, slightly plastic; gray (10YR 6/1) coats on all faces of peds and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent fine prominent gray (10YR 6/1) and 11 percent fine prominent (7.5YR 5/8); 15 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03148; wet, satiated when described;. Many brown concretions.
    C—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately plastic; 60 percent fine and medium distinct gray (N 6/0); 15 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03149; wet, satiated when described;. Oriented clay films on prism faces; 10-15% hard shale fragments and some brown and reddish brown concretions. Thi8s horizon continues to 52 inches with prismatic structure becoming less distinct with depth.