IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Norwich
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 764
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA115021
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 764
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA115021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45275
  • 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: 41.7047222
  • Std. Longitude: -75.9769444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 240 ft SW of a gas line marker along Rt 57013, 0.5 mi S of 57012.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA115—Susquehanna
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41075-F8—Springville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, A. Baur, M. Austin, D. Pease, W. Steputis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Norwich
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Norwich
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/5/1958 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • 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

    CAREX

    MESP3

    POPR

    RANUN

    Agrostis alba

    Carex

    Mentha spicata

    Poa pratensis

    Ranunculus

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    sedge

    spearmint

    Kentucky bluegrass

    buttercup

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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

    0

    —

    —

    411

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    0

    950

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    8.5

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable, slightly plastic; 11 percent fine faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and 11 percent medium faint gray (10YR 5/1); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05723
    Eg—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) interior silty clay loam; weak medium blocky structure; friable, moderately plastic; distinct coats; 1 percent fine distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05724
    Bwg—25 to 64 centimeters (9.8 to 25.2 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; organic stains on all faces of peds and distinct coats; 60 percent medium prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 60 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 60 percent medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05725
    Bgx1—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; firm; brittle; distinct gray (N 5/0) coats and 14 percent very dark gray (N 3/0) organic stains on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05726
    2Bgx2—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; platy, and structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent medium distinct pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) and 11 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05727. Few large black coatings on some stones.