IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monongahela
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 847
  • User Pedon ID: 1962PA129009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 847
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 62PA129009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45367
  • 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: 40.5166667
  • Std. Longitude: -79.4883333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 175 ft SW of 64029 and 150 ft SW of pole No. 13, 0.5 mi NE of 64031, 1 mi S of Salina.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA129—Westmoreland
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-E4—Avonmore, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Noll, J. Nehoda
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active Fragiaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Monongahela
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monongahela
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 2.2 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.38 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.76 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.26 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/1962 ()
  • 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

    3

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    308

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    270

    1050

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    —

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    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06364
    Bt—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06365. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535390; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535390
    Bx1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films; 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 11 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 4/3); 2 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06366. Black coatings.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535392; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535392
    Bx2—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4); 3 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06367. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535393; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535393
    Bx3—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior loam; weak coarse prismatic, and massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films and 70 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coats; 60 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 6/1); 5 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06368. 5% Gravel.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535395; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535395
    C—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 60 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3); 10 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU06369