IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wurtsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 623
  • User Pedon ID: 1967PA095008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 623
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67PA095008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44569
  • 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: 40.8655556
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1805556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.5 mi S of East Bangor on T706 and 0.1 mi E on farm lane and 206 ft N of lane.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA095—Northampton
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-G2—Bangor, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Latshaw, E. Sautter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wurtsboro
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Canfield
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.04 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/1967 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    PHLEU

    PLLA

    SOLID

    TRPR2

    Daucus carota

    Phleum

    Plantago lanceolata

    Solidago

    Trifolium pratense

    Queen Anne's lace

    timothy

    narrowleaf plantain

    goldenrod

    red clover

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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

    2

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    216

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    90

    1200

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior gravelly silt loam; weak coarse granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04790. 10% fragments. Color is dark grayish brown.
    Bw1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films; 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04791. Color is yellowish brown. 15% fragments.
    Bw2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior gravelly loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04792. Color is yellowish brown with light brownish gray mottles. 20% fragments.
    Bx1—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint clay films; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04793. Color is yellowish brown with light brownish gray mottles. 35% fragments.
    Bx2—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04794. Color is yellowish brown with light brownish gray mottles. 35% fragments. Few black coats.
    Bx3—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) very gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04795. Color is yellowish brown with light brownish gray mottles. 40% fragments. Films and black coats.
    Bx4—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) very gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04796. Color is yellowish brown with light brownish gray mottles. 70% fragments. Films and black coats.
    Bx5—157 to 193 centimeters (61.8 to 76.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04797. Color is yellowish brown with light borwnish gray mottles. 65% fragments. Films and many black coats.