IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Guernsey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 20
  • User Pedon ID: 1965PA003006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 20
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 65PA003006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43549
  • 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: 40.3108333
  • Std. Longitude: -80.1008333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.5 mi NW of US 19 and 0.6 mi S of Boyce road.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA003—Allegheny
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40080-C1—Bridgeville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Grubb, R. Newbury
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Guernsey
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Guernsey
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.42 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.67 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.5 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/29/1965 ()
  • 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

    PRSE2

    ROPS

    ULMUS

    Prunus serotina

    Robinia pseudoacacia

    Ulmus

    black cherry

    black locust

    elm

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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

    15

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    341

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    45

    950

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    9.7

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00118
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00119
    BA—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films; 1 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00120. patchy - phpvsfiid 531283; patchy - phpvsfiid 531283
    Bt1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 1 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00121. continuous - phpvsfiid 531284; continuous - phpvsfiid 531284
    Bt2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay; moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 60 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 60 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 60 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 1 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00122. continuous - phpvsfiid 531285; continuous - phpvsfiid 531285
    Bt3—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior silty clay; moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 60 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 60 percent iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume limestone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00123
    BC—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay films; 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 20 percent by volume limestone-shale fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00124. patchy - phpvsfiid 531286; patchy - phpvsfiid 531286
    C—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior silt loam; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 85 percent by volume limestone-shale fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00125. Horizontal rock structure.