IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Watson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA037003
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA037003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 284
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA037003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44192
  • 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: 41.1183333
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4558333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 mi SE of Rohrsburg, 500ft E of house, 50 ft S of T585 in line with woodland edge extending N from road.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA037—Columbia
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA037—Columbia County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-A4—Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.Loughry,R.Matelski,W.Steputis,P.Parrish,C.Engle,E.Mason,R.Shipp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Watson
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Comly
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/1959 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    PHLEU

    Phleum

    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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    195

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    0

    1050

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02126. pH 5.9 (limed)
    BA—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02127. Distinct clay films with some etching; pH 5.6 (limed).
    Btg1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium prismatic, and medium blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films; 1 percent medium faint pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02128. pH 5.3 (limed).; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532680; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532680
    Btg2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02129
    Bgx1—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; distinct clay films; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 1 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02130. Coarse polygon structure breaking to weak fine platy; few roots to 27 inches; texture is gritty.
    Bgx2—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 1 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02131. Coarse polygon structure breaking to weak fine platy; texture is gritty.
    Bgx3—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films; 1 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02132. Coarse polygon structure breaking to weak fine platy.
    Bx—140 to 155 centimeters (55.1 to 61.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior silty clay loam; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 14 percent clay films; 11 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 5/1) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02133. Polygon structure; coarse fragments consist of a few places of sandstone up to 10x5x3 inches throughout soil - total amount about 1%.