IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sciotoville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 37
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA005010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 37
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA005010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44287
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 40.9711111
  • Std. Longitude: -79.5622222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .6 mi S of Wattersonville Church, 325 ft W of Rt 03019, 175 ft N of N row apple trees, Washington Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA005—Armstrong
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-H5—East Brady, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sciotoville
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sciotoville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • 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 0.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.83 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/2/1968 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    AGRE2

    PHLEU

    RUHA

    SOLID

    Agropyron repens

    Phleum

    Rubus hawaiensis

    Solidago

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    timothy

    Hawai'i blackberry

    goldenrod

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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

    3

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    326

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    90

    1050

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    9.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00257
    Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00258. Some Ap in worm holes.
    Bt2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00259. patchy - phpvsfiid 531376; patchy - phpvsfiid 531376
    Bt3—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium and coarse blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; distinct clay films; 11 percent fine faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 11 percent fine faint light gray (10YR 7/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU00260. Prism coats are yellowish brown (10YR 5/4).
    Bx1—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 3.0 roots; clay films on surfaces along root channels and clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00261. Prism coats are light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); continuous - phpvsfiid 531378; continuous - phpvsfiid 531379; continuous - phpvsfiid 531378; continuous - phpvsfiid 531379
    Bx2—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00262. Prism faces are light gray (10YR 6/1); continuous - phpvsfiid 531381; continuous - phpvsfiid 531381
    Bx3—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face silt loam; weak medium platy, and moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00263. Prism faces are light gray (10YR 6/1); continuous - phpvsfiid 531383; continuous - phpvsfiid 531383
    Bx4—137 to 168 centimeters (53.9 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1); 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00264. Prism faces are light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); continuous - phpvsfiid 531385; continuous - phpvsfiid 531385
    Bx5—168 to 180 centimeters (66.1 to 70.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00265
    Bx6—180 to 229 centimeters (70.9 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; structureless massive; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00266