IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brinkerton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 432
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA065007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 432
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA065007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44357
  • 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: 41.1058333
  • Std. Longitude: -79.0469444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sheely farm; 30 ft S of farm lane, 1.3 mi NO of Knoxdale, Knowx Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA065—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41079-A1—Coolspring, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, J. Zarachansky, J. Steptus, C. Engle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive Typic Endoaqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brinkerton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brinkerton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1958 ()
  • 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

    CAREX

    POPR

    TARAX

    TRPR2

    TRRE3

    Carex

    Poa pratensis

    Taraxacum

    Trifolium pratense

    Trifolium repens

    sedge

    Kentucky bluegrass

    dandelion

    red clover

    white 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

    1

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    445

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    0

    1050

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    8.8

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03252. Some B1G mixed with Ap
    BAg—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1) interior silty clay loam; weak fine blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; 60 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03253. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533372; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533372
    Btg1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1) interior silty clay loam; weak medium blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky; faint clay films; 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03254. Roots to 16 inches; black and dark brown splotches.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533373; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533373
    Btg2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior silty clay loam; weak medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; prominent clay films; 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03255; wet, satiated when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533374; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533374
    Bgx1—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky; brittle; prominent clay films; 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03256; wet, satiated when described;. Some scattered black coatings on ped faces.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533375; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533375
    Bgx2—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); greenish gray (5G 6/1) interior silty clay loam; prismatic, and structureless massive; very firm, moderately sticky; brittle; 60 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03257; wet, satiated when described;. Black concretions; clay occurs as very thick lenses.