IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holly
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 828
  • User Pedon ID: 1966PA125009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 828
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 66PA125009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45346
  • 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: 40.2444444
  • Std. Longitude: -80.1505556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Washington, Co., PA: N Strabane Township, 1 mi SW of intersection of PA 519 and US 19 along PA 519.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA125—Washington
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40080-B2—Washington East, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Newbury and J. Hallowich
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holly
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Melvin
  • Classificaton Date - 8/2/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 4 in/hr of percolation rate and 5 in/hr of percolation rate and 10.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 19 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/2/1966 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    DACA6

    POPR

    VERNO

    Daucus carota

    Poa pratensis

    Vernonia

    Queen Anne's lace

    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

    1

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    311

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    90

    950

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    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 2 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06260. Less than 2 percent coarse fragments. Neutral.
    BAg—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior silty clay loam; weak medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films; 60 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6); 2 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06261. Common black (10YR 2/1) iron and manganese concretions. 2 percent coarse fragments. Many coal chips. Neutral.; patchy - phpvsfiid 535329; patchy - phpvsfiid 535329
    Bwg1—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films; 60 percent medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06262; wet, satiated when described;. 2 percent coal chips. 5 percent 1/4 to 3/4 inch gravel. Neutral.; patchy - phpvsfiid 535330; patchy - phpvsfiid 535330
    2Bwg2—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior gravelly silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent prominent clay films; 60 percent medium and coarse distinct gray (5Y 5/1) and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06263; wet, satiated when described;. Few fine and medium black (10YR 2/1) iron and manganese concretions. 25 percent coarse fragments. 2 percent coal chips. Neutral.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535331; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535331
    2Bwg3—99 to 107 centimeters (39.0 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior gravelly silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent prominent gray (N 5/0) clay films; 60 percent medium and coarse distinct gray (5Y 5/1) and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06264; wet, satiated when described;. Few fine and medium black (10YR 2/1) iron and manganese concretions. 40 percent gravel. 2 percent coal chips. Neutral.; continuous - phpvsfiid 535332; continuous - phpvsfiid 535332
    3BCg—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior gravelly silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06265; wet, satiated when described;. Olive (5Y 5/4) streaks. 5 percent coarse fragments. Neutral.
    3Cg—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) interior gravelly silty clay; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; gray (N 5/0) clay films and reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8) clay films; 1 percent medium distinct olive (5Y 5/4); 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU06266; wet, satiated when described;. 5 percent coarse fragments.