IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weinbach
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 340
  • User Pedon ID: 1964PA051001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 340
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64PA051001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44255
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 40.0963889
  • Std. Longitude: -79.7555556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Finick property 325 yd on Swartz lane from Liberty Street, Borough of Perryopolis, Perry Twp
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA051—Fayette
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-A7—Fayette City, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Carey, F. Kopas, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Fragiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Weinbach
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tygart
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.42 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.42 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/6/1964 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • 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

    PLANT

    SOLID

    TRIFO

    TRPR2

    Plantago

    Solidago

    Trifolium

    Trifolium pratense

    plantain

    goldenrod

    clover

    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

    0

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    296

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    1000

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    10.1

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02669
    E—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02670
    BA—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02671. Partial clay films; many ant holes 1 to 2 mm in diameter.
    Bt1—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films and 14 percent black (N 2/0) coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02672. "Light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coatings on prisms; many small ant holes 1 to 2 mm in diameter, decreasing with depth."
    Btg—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and gray (N 5/0) broken face silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films and 38 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02673. Gray (N 5/0) ped faces.
    Btgx1—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and gray (N 5/0) broken face silty clay loam; moderate coarse blocky, and strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films; 1 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 1 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02674. Gray (N 5/0) prism coats .
    Btgx2—94 to 130 centimeters (37.0 to 51.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior and gray (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films and 70 percent black (N 2/0) coats; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02675. Grayish brown (10YR 5/2) prism coats.
    BCtgx3—130 to 190 centimeters (51.2 to 74.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky, and strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films; 11 percent medium faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02676. Grayish brown (10YR 5/2) prism coats; 1% gravels and cobbles.
    2C—190 to 236 centimeters (74.8 to 92.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt, fine sand; weak medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02677. Stratified silts and fine sands.