IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brinkerton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 433
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA065008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 433
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA065008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44358
  • 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: 41.2383333
  • Std. Longitude: -78.8930556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Smith farm; 500 ft NW of the barn, 0.5 mi W of Sugar Hill Gulf gas station, Warsaw Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA065—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41078-B8—Hazen, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, J. Zarachansky, J. Steptus, C. Engle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 8
  • 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

    PHLEU

    Carex

    Phleum

    sedge

    timothy

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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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    512

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    0

    1050

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    8.6

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03258
    BAg—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); greenish gray (10BG 6/1) interior silty clay loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; 11 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03259; wet, satiated when described;. Also reddish brown mottles.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533376; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533376
    Bg—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); greenish gray (10BG 6/1) interior clay; weak medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films; 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 1 percent medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and 1 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03260; wet, satiated when described;. Tops of prisms.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533377; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533377
    Bgx1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) interior silty clay loam; weak fine blocky, and platy structure; friable, moderately sticky; brittle; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films; 60 percent fine prominent greenish gray (10BG 6/1); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03261; wet, satiated when described;. Prisms 4 to 5 inces in diameter.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533378; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533378
    Bgx2—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) interior clay; weak medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; brittle; faint clay films; 60 percent medium prominent greenish gray (10BG 6/1); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03262; wet, satiated when described;. Prisms.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533379; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533379
    Bgx3—84 to 130 centimeters (33.1 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; prismatic, and structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky; brittle; 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03263; wet, satiated when described;