IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brinkerton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 416
  • User Pedon ID: 1961PA063050
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 416
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 61PA063050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44339
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 40.6688889
  • Std. Longitude: -79.1119444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 200 ft NE of farm pond, 700 ft E of Rt 119, 3.5 mi NE of Indiana, White Twp; Mabon farm.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA063—Indiana
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-F1—Clymer, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Noll, J. Weaver, R. Matelski, C. Engle, R. Shipp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active Fragic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 50
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brinkerton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brinkerton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.23 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.09 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.12 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.14 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.18 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.19 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/6/1961 ()
  • 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

    2GP

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    Grass, perennial

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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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    396

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    270

    1150

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    9.3

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 1 percent fine faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03159. Some black concretions.
    Btg—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03160; wet, satiated when described;. Roots common to 14 inches; thick continuous silt and clay coatings.
    Bgx—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03161; wet, satiated when described;. Thick discontinous silt and clay coatins.
    BCg1—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent clay films; 60 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03162; wet, satiated when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 533328; patchy - phpvsfiid 533328
    BCg2—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent clay films; 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03163; wet, satiated when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 533329; patchy - phpvsfiid 533329
    Cg1—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent medium and coarse distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03164; wet, satiated when described;. Common black (2.5Y 2/0) concretions and coatings.
    Cg2—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); bluish gray (5B 5/1) interior silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 60 percent coarse prominent brown (10YR 4/3); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03165; wet, satiated when described;. Somewhat platy in places; some black concretions.