IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cambridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 580
  • User Pedon ID: 1963PA085002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 580
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 63PA085002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44521
  • 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: 41.1958333
  • Std. Longitude: -80.3202778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Swank farm 100 ft S of hay field and 140 ft E of orchard 1 mi S of Rts. 43007 and 43010 intersection.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA085—Mercer
  • MLRA: 139—Lake Erie Glaciated Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41080-B3—Greenfield, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Carey, D. Grice, R. Grubb, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cambridge
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cambridge
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/27/1963 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    2FORB

    PHLEU

    TRPR2

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    Phleum

    Trifolium pratense

    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    timothy

    red clover

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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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    366

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    90

    1000

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    9

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04501. 5% coarse fragments of gravel less than 1/2 inch in diameter.
    Bt1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films between sand grains; 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04502. 10% gravel.; patchy - phpvsfiid 534218; patchy - phpvsfiid 534218
    Bt2—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; strong medium blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and faint clay films between sand grains; 11 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2) and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2); 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04503. 10% gravel.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534219; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534220; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534219; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534220
    Bx1—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loam; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2) and 60 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04504. 15% gravel. A thin layer under the prism faces is strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse platy and strong medium blocky structure. Thick deposits on prism faces.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534221; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534221
    Bx2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and strong coarse platy, and strong coarse blocky structure; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 60 percent coarse distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4); 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04505. Thick silty deposits on prism faces. 20% gravel. Common black coatings also noted on ped faces.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534222; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534222
    Bx3—102 to 165 centimeters (40.2 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loam; moderate coarse platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent fine and medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4); 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04506. Common black coatings. Thick silty deposits on prism facesa. 15% gravel.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534223; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534223
    C—165 to 254 centimeters (65.0 to 100.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior gravelly silt loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04507. 15% gravel.