IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dormont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 21
  • User Pedon ID: 1965PA003007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 21
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 65PA003007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44110
  • 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: 40.3022222
  • Std. Longitude: -80.0691667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.6 mi S of McMurray 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-loamy, mixed, superactive Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dormont
  • 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 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.67 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.83 in/hr of percolation rate and 5.67 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: high
  • 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 - 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

    DAST

    PRSE2

    ROPS

    Datura stramonium

    Prunus serotina

    Robinia pseudoacacia

    jimsonweed

    black cherry

    black locust

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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

    17

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    372

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    315

    950

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    9.6

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    Oa—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00126
    Ap—1 to 19 centimeters (0.4 to 7.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00127
    BA—19 to 29 centimeters (7.5 to 11.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00128
    Bt1—29 to 39 centimeters (11.4 to 15.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00129
    Bt2—39 to 49 centimeters (15.4 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; 11 percent fine prominent gray (10YR 6/1) and 11 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00130. patchy - phpvsfiid 531287; patchy - phpvsfiid 531287
    Bt3—49 to 59 centimeters (19.3 to 23.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; 11 percent fine prominent gray (10YR 6/1) and 11 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00131. continuous - phpvsfiid 531288; continuous - phpvsfiid 531288
    Btg—59 to 80 centimeters (23.2 to 31.5 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior silty clay; strong medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; 60 percent fine prominent gray (5Y 6/1) and 60 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00132. continuous - phpvsfiid 531289; continuous - phpvsfiid 531289
    Bw1—80 to 103 centimeters (31.5 to 40.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; 11 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1) and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00133. continuous - phpvsfiid 531290; continuous - phpvsfiid 531290
    Bw2—103 to 133 centimeters (40.6 to 52.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior channery clay loam; weak coarse blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on all faces of peds and clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1) and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 25 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00134. patchy - phpvsfiid 531291; patchy - phpvsfiid 531292; patchy - phpvsfiid 531291; patchy - phpvsfiid 531292
    R—133 to 148 centimeters (52.4 to 58.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU00135