IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Volusia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 756
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA115013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 756
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA115013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45266
  • Print Date: 5/14/2024

    • 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: 41.9488889
  • Std. Longitude: -76.0469444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 90 ft S of dirt road and 225 ft W of old barn on T685 1.5 mi NE of Rt. 471.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA115—Susquehanna
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-H1—Friendsville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, D. Pease, R. Matelski, W. Steputis, C. Engle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Aeric Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Volusia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Volusia
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/26/1958 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    ERIGE2

    HIERA

    PHLEU

    PLANT

    POTEN

    TRPR2

    Erigeron

    Hieracium

    Phleum

    Plantago

    Potentilla

    Trifolium pratense

    fleabane

    hawkweed

    timothy

    plantain

    cinquefoil

    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

    6

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    469

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    180

    900

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    8.3

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior channery silt loam; weak fine and medium platy, and moderate coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05676
    Bwg—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior channery silty clay loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate fine blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; faint clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05677. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534991; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534991
    Bw—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior channery silty clay loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine blocky structure; very firm, slightly plastic; coats; 60 percent fine distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 60 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05678; wet, satiated when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534992; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534992
    Bx1—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and gray (5Y 6/1) broken face channery silty clay loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine blocky structure; very firm, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent clay films; 60 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 60 percent fine distinct gray (5Y 6/1); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05679; wet, satiated when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534993; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534993
    Bx2—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior channery silty clay loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 60 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 6/1); fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05680; wet, satiated when described;