IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sciotoville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 38
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA005011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 38
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA005011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44298
  • 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: 40.8661111
  • Std. Longitude: -79.4944444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .25 mi NW of W Mosgrove Station, 150 ft NE of gray shingled house on Rt 03164 East Franklin Twp. Armstrong Co
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA005—Armstrong
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-G4—Mosgrove, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 11
  • 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 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.86 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: very 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 - 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

    2FORB

    2GP

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    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    Grass, perennial

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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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    317

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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, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00267
    BA—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, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00268
    Bt1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; faint manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00269. Silt coatings in pores.
    Bt2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 14 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00270. Light gray (10YR 7/2) prism coatings.
    Bx1—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00271. Light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) prism faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 531392; patchy - phpvsfiid 531392
    Bx2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00272. Light brownish gray (10YR 7/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) prism faces.
    Bx3—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00273. Light gray (10YR 7/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) prism faces.
    2C1—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 14 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00274
    3C2—178 to 193 centimeters (70.1 to 76.0 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) interior sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; loose, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00275