IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cambridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 581
  • User Pedon ID: 1963PA085003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 581
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 63PA085003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44522
  • 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: 41.1977778
  • Std. Longitude: -80.2827778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Kutarnick farm 190 ft N of T-429 and 220 ft E of field boundary .2 mi W of T-602 3 mi SW of Mercer.
  • 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 #: 3
  • 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

    AGRE2

    PHLEU

    Agropyron repens

    Phleum

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    timothy

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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

    7

    —

    —

    396

    —

    135

    1000

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    8.9

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04508. 5% gravel.
    Bt1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04509. 10% gravel.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534224; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534224
    Bt2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films between sand grains; 60 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4); 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04510. 10% gravel.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534225; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534225
    Bx1—64 to 102 centimeters (25.2 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and gray (5Y 6/1) broken face silt loam; moderate coarse platy, and strong coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky 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); 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04511. Thick clay and silt films on prism faces. 10% gravel.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534226; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534226
    Bx2—102 to 157 centimeters (40.2 to 61.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face gravelly loam; strong coarse platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic, and strong coarse blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04512. Some common black coating on prism faces. 15% gravel.; patchy - phpvsfiid 534227; patchy - phpvsfiid 534227
    Bx3—157 to 180 centimeters (61.8 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly loam; moderate coarse platy, and weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 60 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4); 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04513. 15% gravel.; patchy - phpvsfiid 534228; patchy - phpvsfiid 534228
    C—180 to 226 centimeters (70.9 to 89.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent clay films between sand grains; 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04514. 20% gravel.