IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Volusia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 627
  • User Pedon ID: 1967PA095026
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 627
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67PA095026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44573
  • Print Date: 5/13/2024

    • 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: 40.8511111
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1902778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.8 mi S of East Bangor on T709, 0.5 mi SW on T677, 0.2 mi S on T678 at edge of woods.
  • 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: E. Sautter, G. Latshaw
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Aeric Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 26
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Volusia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ravenna
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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

    FRAGA

    PHLEU

    Fragaria

    Phleum

    strawberry

    timothy

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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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    201

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    180

    1200

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    10.1

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04826. 5% fragments. Color is dark grayish brown.
    Bw—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 60 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04827. 10% fragments. Color is yellowish brown with light brownish gray mottles.
    Bgx1—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04828. 25% fragments. Yellowish brown with light brownish gray mottles.
    Bgx2—69 to 99 centimeters (27.2 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04829. 30% fragments. Yellowish brown with light brownish gray mottles.
    Bgx3—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 1 percent medium distinct 7.5YR 6/ (7.5YR 6/) and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04830. "35% fragments. Clay films, black coatings. Yellowish brown with light brownish gray mottles."
    Bgx4—127 to 145 centimeters (50.0 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 1 percent medium 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 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04831. "35% fragments. Clay films, black coatings. Yellowish brown with light brownish gray mottles."
    Bgx5—145 to 170 centimeters (57.1 to 66.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) broken face and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) exterior gravelly loam; weak medium platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 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 # PSU04832. "40% fragments. Yellowish brown with light gray mottles. Clay films, black coatings."
    Bgx6—170 to 206 centimeters (66.9 to 81.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) broken face and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) exterior very gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04833. "45% fragments. Clay films, black coatings. Yellowish brown with light olive gray mottles."