IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ginat
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 350
  • User Pedon ID: 1964PA051011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 350
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64PA051011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44266
  • 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: 39.7305556
  • Std. Longitude: -79.5166667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.6 mi from Rt 26065 at the Van Sickle farmhouse, 3.1 mi S of US 40, 8 mi E of Uniontown, Henry Clay Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA051—Fayette
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39079-F5—Brandonville, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Carey, F. Kopas, J. Weaver
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active Typic Endoaqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ginat
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Purdy
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/1964 ()
  • 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

    EUPE3

    LOUNU

    PHLEU

    POPR

    VERNO

    Eupatorium perfoliatum

    Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus

    Phleum

    Poa pratensis

    Vernonia

    common boneset

    American bird's-foot trefoil

    timothy

    Kentucky bluegrass

    ironweed

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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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    634

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    315

    1150

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    9.1

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02756
    Eg—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior clay; moderate medium granular, and weak medium prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02757
    Btg1—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) exterior clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02758
    Btg2—69 to 99 centimeters (27.2 to 39.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 70 percent clay films; 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02759; wet, satiated when described;
    Btg3—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) exterior silty clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent faint clay films and 38 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films; 11 percent fine prominent gray (10YR 6/1); 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02760; wet, satiated when described;. 1% shale chips 1x1x0.25 inches.
    Btg4—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior and gray (N 5/0) broken face and gray (N 5/0) exterior silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent fine prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 60 percent fine prominent gray (N 5/0) and 60 percent fine prominent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8); 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02761; wet, satiated when described;. Gray (N 5/0) prism and plate faces; few clay films in pores.
    2BCg—135 to 157 centimeters (53.1 to 61.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior and gray (N 5/0) broken face and gray (N 5/0) exterior silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films; 60 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 60 percent medium distinct gray (N 5/0) and 60 percent medium distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4); 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02762; wet, satiated when described;. Gray (N 5/0) prism and plate faces.
    2Cg—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0) interior clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 60 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 60 percent medium prominent gray (N 5/0) and 60 percent medium prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02763; wet, satiated when described;. Also yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and greenish gray (5GY 6/1) mottles.