IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cavode
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 425
  • User Pedon ID: 1961PA063059
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 61PA063059
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44349
  • 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: 40.8608333
  • Std. Longitude: -78.9213889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sunderland farm; 125 ft N of T533, 0.25 mi NW of Rt 32105, 2.5 mi SE of Rossiter, Canoe Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA063—Indiana
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40078-G8—Rochester Mills, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Noll, J. Weaver, R. Matelski, C. Engle, R. Shipp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 59
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cavode
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cavode
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.38 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.4 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.44 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.16 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.22 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: 9/12/1961 ()
  • 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
    • 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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    539

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    270

    1100

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    8.8

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03208
    BA—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; 11 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03209. continuous - phpvsfiid 533349; continuous - phpvsfiid 533349
    Bt1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; 1 percent fine prominent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) and 11 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03210. continuous - phpvsfiid 533350; continuous - phpvsfiid 533350
    Bt2—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 60 percent medium prominent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) and 60 percent medium prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03211. Roots to 26 inches.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533351; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533351
    BCg—76 to 119 centimeters (29.9 to 46.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 60 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03212. "Few black concretions, approximately 3 inch prisms."; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533352; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533352
    Cg—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior silty clay loam; weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 11 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03213. Common fine black concretions.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533353; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533353