IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wurtsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 663
  • User Pedon ID: 1964PA103002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 663
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64PA103002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44613
  • 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: 41.2541667
  • Std. Longitude: -75.0361111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 190 ft E of woods road, .8 mi S of Porters Lake Road.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA103—Pike
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41075-C1—Pecks Pond, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, E. Sautter, D. Taylor, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wurtsboro
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wurtsboro
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.66 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.66 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.66 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.66 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1964 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree 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

    ACRU

    AMAR3

    KAAN

    OLTE

    PIRI

    QUAL

    QURU

    VACCI

    Acer rubrum

    Amelanchier arborea

    Kalmia angustifolia

    Olneya tesota

    Pinus rigida

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Vaccinium

    red maple

    common serviceberry

    sheep laurel

    desert ironwood

    pitch pine

    white oak

    northern red oak

    blueberry

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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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    421

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    270

    1100

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    8.8

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU05115. Leaf mat
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU05116. Decomposed litter
    E—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05117
    Bs2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05118. Some organic staining.
    Bw1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05119
    Bw2—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05120
    E'—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05121
    B'x1—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate very fine prismatic structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1) and 60 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05122. "Gray (10YR 6/1) prism faces with strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) linings, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) matrix."
    B'x2—76 to 96 centimeters (29.9 to 37.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly sandy loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent coarse prominent gray (10YR 6/1) and 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05123. "Gray (10YR 6/1) prism faces with strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) linings, brown (10YR 5/3) interiors."
    B'x3—96 to 127 centimeters (37.8 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) 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; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05124. "Gray (10YR 6/1) prism faces with strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) linings, brown (10YR 5/3) interiors."
    B'x4—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly sandy loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate very coarse platy structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05125. "Gray (10YR 6/1) prism faces with strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) linings, brown (10YR 5/3) matrix."