IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Watson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960PA037018
  • User Pedon ID: 1960PA037018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 299
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 60PA037018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44208
  • 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: 41.1161111
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4963889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: H Peterman farm; NW corner of pine plantation, 390' N of ctr of Rt ET-583; 210' W of maple tree W of house
  • 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 #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Watson
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Watson
  • Classificaton Date - 11/22/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 11/22/1960 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree 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

    PIST

    QUAL

    QURU

    RUFL

    SOLID

    TSCA

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Rubus flagellaris

    Solidago

    Tsuga canadensis

    eastern white pine

    white oak

    northern red oak

    northern dewberry

    goldenrod

    eastern hemlock

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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

    5

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    207

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    315

    1050

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    9.7

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; very friable; 5.0 roots; 2 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02240. 1-2% coarse fragments.
    Ap2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak medium and coarse platy, and moderate coarse granular structure; very friable; 5.0 roots; 1 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02241
    BA—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; faint clay films; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02242. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532766; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532766
    Bt—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; faint clay films; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02243. continuous - phpvsfiid 532767; continuous - phpvsfiid 532767
    Bx—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silty clay loam; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02244. 10-20% coarse fragments; polygon caps with weak fine prismatic structure breaking to weak fine subangular blocky; boundary is arbitrary; continuous - phpvsfiid 532768; continuous - phpvsfiid 532768
    Bgx1—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and light gray (N 7/0) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint clay films and 38 percent distinct black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent medium prominent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) and 60 percent medium prominent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 60 percent medium prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02245. 15-25% coarse fragments; light gray (N 7/0) clay on polygon faces 0.5-0.75 inches thick.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532769; continuous - phpvsfiid 532769
    Bgx2—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.3 roots; faint clay films and 38 percent distinct black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 60 percent coarse prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02246. 15-25% coarse fragments; boundary is arbitrary.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532771; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532771
    Bgx3—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint clay films and 38 percent distinct black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent coarse prominent light gray (N 7/0) and 60 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 4/6); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02247; wet, satiated when described;. 15-25% coarse fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532773; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532773
    2Cg1—137 to 155 centimeters (53.9 to 61.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very gravelly silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 60 percent medium prominent light gray (N 7/0) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 60 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8); 70 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02248; wet, satiated when described;. 60-70 percent coarse fragments; no discernable matrix color in silt loam between very soft shale fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532775; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532775
    2Cg2—155 to 175 centimeters (61.0 to 68.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very gravelly clay; 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 11 percent medium prominent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) and 11 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02249; wet, satiated when described;. Very soft rotten shale with thin clay layers.
    2R—175 to 183 centimeters (68.9 to 72.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior; faint light gray (N 7/0) clay films on top faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02250; wet, satiated when described;. "Shale, colored very dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) on the bottom."; continuous - phpvsfiid 532776; continuous - phpvsfiid 532776