IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cavode
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 418
  • User Pedon ID: 1961PA063052
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 418
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 61PA063052
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44341
  • 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: 40.8644444
  • Std. Longitude: -79.0119444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Modern farm; 200 ft N of Rt 32137, 1 mi NE of Marchland, North Mahoning Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA063—Indiana
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-G1—Marion Center, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Noll, J. Weaver, R. Matelski, C. Engle, R. Shipp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 52
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cavode
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cavode
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.32 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.37 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.38 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.38 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.81 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat 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

    2

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    479

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    0

    1100

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    —

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    9

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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, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03171
    Bt1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films; 1 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03172. continuous - phpvsfiid 533331; continuous - phpvsfiid 533331
    Btg1—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films; 60 percent fine and medium distinct brown (10YR 4/3) and 60 percent fine and medium distinct greenish gray (5G 6/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03173. Few roots to 20 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533332; continuous - phpvsfiid 533332
    Btg2—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium and coarse prominent light olive gray (5Y 6/2); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03174. Clay deposited in patches in lining cracks and pores.
    BCg—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 60 percent coarse prominent brown (10YR 4/3); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03175. Some black coatings and concretions.
    Cg—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior silt loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine and medium faint pale yellow (5Y 7/3); fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03176