IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ernest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 440
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA065015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 440
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA065015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44366
  • 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: 41.0777778
  • Std. Longitude: -79.0166667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Reitz farm, 200 ft S of SE corner of barn, 80 ft SE of Rt 36, 5 mi S of Brookville, Rose 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 Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ernest
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ernest
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/20/1958 ()
  • 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

    AGAL3

    ASCLE

    CIAR4

    ERIGE2

    POPR

    TARAX

    TRRE3

    Agrostis alba

    Asclepias

    Cirsium arvense

    Erigeron

    Poa pratensis

    Taraxacum

    Trifolium repens

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    milkweed

    Canada thistle

    fleabane

    Kentucky bluegrass

    dandelion

    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

    7

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    442

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    135

    1050

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    8.9

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular, and platy structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03302
    Ap2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium and coarse platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03303
    BA—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03304
    Bt—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 11 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03305
    Btg—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior silty clay; weak medium prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 60 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03306
    Bx1—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light gray (N 7/0) interior clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and coarse platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 14 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent coarse prominent light gray (N 7/0) and 60 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03307. Soil is also yellowish red.
    Bx2—94 to 102 centimeters (37.0 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 11 percent medium distinct light gray (N 7/0) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03308
    Bx3—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 11 percent medium distinct light gray (N 7/0) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03309
    Bx4—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay; structureless massive; very firm; brittle; 11 percent medium distinct light gray (N 7/0); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03310. Mottles are also yellowish brown.