IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Watson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA037007
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA037007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA037007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44196
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 41.1280556
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4311111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 135 ft N of field bdry at bend in dirt Rd that runs past house and barn, 50 ft W or Rd. Photo AQR-89-47
  • 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-B4—Benton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, W. Steputis, R. Shipp, C. Engle, E.Mason
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Watson
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Watson
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: 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
    • 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

    5

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    204

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    180

    1050

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02157. 10-15% coarse fragments.
    BA—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 roots; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02158
    Bt1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02159. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532699; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532699
    Bt2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02160. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532700; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532700
    Bx1—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent fine distinct black (N 2/0); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02161. Firm in place.
    Bx2—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 11 percent fine distinct black (N 2/0); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02162
    Bx3—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine blocky, and platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02163. Small black concretions.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532705; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532705
    C1—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine platy, and structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4); 70 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02164. Black coating and concretions.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532706; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532706