IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arnot
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 77
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA015002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 77
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA015002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45281
  • 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: 41.6902778
  • Std. Longitude: -76.5894444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1400 ft E of the Valley Smoke Eaters Cabin on T350.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA015—Bradford
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-F5—Powell, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. B. Carey, E. J. Ciolkosz and S. Ekart
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Lithic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Arnot
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mehoopany
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/1968 ()
  • 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

    ACER

    GAYLU

    QUAL

    Acer

    Gaylussacia

    Quercus alba

    maple

    huckleberry

    white 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

    4

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    573

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    292

    900

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    8

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00535
    A—1 to 4 centimeters (0.4 to 1.6 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior fine sandy loam; weak very fine crumb structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00536
    E—4 to 9 centimeters (1.6 to 3.5 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine crumb, and weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00537
    Bh—9 to 11 centimeters (3.5 to 4.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00538
    Bs1—11 to 16 centimeters (4.3 to 6.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00539
    Bs2—16 to 29 centimeters (6.3 to 11.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00540
    Bw—29 to 47 centimeters (11.4 to 18.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00541
    R—47 to 62 centimeters (18.5 to 24.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU00542. Gray massive to thin bedded sandstone.