IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wurtsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 624
  • User Pedon ID: 1967PA095009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 624
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67PA095009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44570
  • 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: 40.8622222
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1838889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.5 mi S of East Bangor on T706 and 0.25 mi SW along Aelophone line.
  • 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: R. Matelski, J. Noll, G. Latshaw, E. Sautter, R. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wurtsboro
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Canfield
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.21 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.21 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/1967 ()
  • 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

    PHLEU

    TRIFO

    Phleum

    Trifolium

    timothy

    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

    4

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    223

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    0

    1200

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04798. Color is dark brown. 20% fragments.
    Bw1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04799. Color is yellowish brown. 20% fragments.
    Bw2—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 1 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04800. Color is yellowish brown with light brownish gray mottles. 20% fragments.
    Bx1—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films; 1 percent coarse distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) and 1 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04801. Color is brown with light gray mottles. Black coatings. 30% fragments.
    Bx2—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior gravelly loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films; 1 percent coarse distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) and 1 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04802. Color is brown with light gray mottles. 40% fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 534373; patchy - phpvsfiid 534373
    Bx3—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04803. Yellowish brown with light brownish gray mottles. 50% fragments.
    Bx4—119 to 140 centimeters (46.9 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04804. Color is yellowish brown with light borwnish gray mottles. 60% fragments.
    Bx5—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior very gravelly loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films; 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04805. Color is dark yellowish brown with strong brown prism faces. Black coatings.
    2R—160 to 175 centimeters (63.0 to 68.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU04806. Color is grayish brown. Weathered shale. Vertically folded.