IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chippewa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 626
  • User Pedon ID: 1967PA095018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 626
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67PA095018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44572
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 40.8697222
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1477778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Carl Dutt Farm, 2 mi SE of East Bangor, 200 ft SE of pond.
  • 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. Cunningham, E. Sautter, L. Staley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chippewa
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frenchtown
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1967 ()
  • 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

    2GA

    RUHA

    SAMBU

    ULMUS

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    Rubus hawaiensis

    Sambucus

    Ulmus

    Grass, annual

    Hawai'i blackberry

    elderberry

    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

    2

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    195

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    0

    1200

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    10.1

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, light gray (5Y 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04816. Color is dark grayish brown. 5% fragments.
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior and 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/), interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04817. Color is strong brown. 5% fragments.
    Bwg1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04818. Color is gray with yellowish brown mottles. 5% fragments.
    Bwg2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint clay films; 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4); 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04819. Color is light olive gray with strong brown mottles. 15% fragments.
    Bgx1—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 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; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04820. Color is light brownish gray with pale olive mottles. Black coatings. 20% fragments.
    Bgx2—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 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; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04821. Pale olive with light brownish gray mottles. Black coatings. 20% fragments.
    Bgx3—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) broken face gravelly silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04822; wet, satiated when described;. Color is pale olive with light olive gray mottles. Black coatings. 25% fragments.
    Bgx4—132 to 165 centimeters (52.0 to 65.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04823; wet, satiated when described;. Light olive gray with strong brown mottles. Black coatings. 30% fragments.
    Bgx5—165 to 193 centimeters (65.0 to 76.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior gravelly loam; weak very coarse platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04824; wet, satiated when described;. Light olive brown with light olive gray mottles. Black coatings. 45% fragments.
    Bgx6—193 to 229 centimeters (76.0 to 90.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior loam; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films; 60 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 70 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04825; wet, satiated when described;. Color is gray with light olive brown mottles. Structureless. Black coatings. 70% fragments.