IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cookport
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 813
  • User Pedon ID: 1967PA123006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 813
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67PA123006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45330
  • 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: 41.8094444
  • Std. Longitude: -78.9902778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 4 mi S of Kinzua.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA123—Warren
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41078-G8—Cornplanter Bridge, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey, R. Matelski, J. Cerutti
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cookport
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cookport
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/11/1967 ()
  • 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

    ACRU

    AMELA

    BETUL

    FAGUS

    FRAXI

    MAAC

    POTR5

    PTAQ

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Amelanchier

    Betula

    Fagus

    Fraxinus

    Magnolia acuminata

    Populus tremuloides

    Pteridium aquilinum

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    serviceberry

    birch

    beech

    ash

    cucumber tree

    quaking aspen

    western brackenfern

    northern red oak

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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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    628

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    180

    1100

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    7.8

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (N 2/0) interior silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06119
    E—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06120
    EB—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06121
    BA—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06122
    Bt1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06123
    Bt2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate coarse platy, and weak fine blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent fine distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06124; wet, satiated when described;. Light gray (2.5Y 7/2) mottles.
    Bt3—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face silt loam; weak very fine blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06125; wet, satiated when described;. Light gray (10YR 7/2) mottles; light gray (2.5Y 7/2) prism faces. Iron and manganese coatings and concretions.
    Bx1—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) interior silt loam; brittle; fragments. Lab sample # PSU06131; wet, satiated when described;. "Special sample description. Prism exterior (1/4-1/2"" thick)."
    Bx1—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; brittle; fragments. Lab sample # PSU06132; wet, satiated when described;. "Special sample description. Iron oxide zone just inside gray exterior (1/4-1/2"" thick)."
    Bx1—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; brittle; fragments. Lab sample # PSU06133; wet, satiated when described;. Special sample description. Prism interior (inside iron oxide zone).
    Bx1—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and light gray (5Y 7/1) broken face silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine faint light gray (10YR 7/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU06126; wet, satiated when described;. Light gray (10YR 7/2) mottles; light gray (5Y 7/1) prism faces. Inner prism face 7.5YR 5/6.
    Bx2—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU06127; wet, satiated when described;. Light gray (10YR 6/1) prism faces. Few thick iron and manganese coatings.Inner prism face zone 10YR 4/6.
    Bx3—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU06128; wet, satiated when described;. Light gray (10YR 7/1) prism faces. Few thin iron and manganese coatings.
    Bx4—137 to 170 centimeters (53.9 to 66.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silt loam; moderate coarse blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 6/1) and 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 75 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06129; wet, satiated when described;. Strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and light gray (10YR 6/1) mottles; light gray (10YR 7/1) prism faces.
    R—170 to 185 centimeters (66.9 to 72.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU06130; wet, satiated when described;. Grayish sandstone.