IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chippewa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 78
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA015003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 78
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA015003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45292
  • 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: 41.6552778
  • Std. Longitude: -76.6372222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .8 mi E on 08181 of the abandoned village of Carbon and 1300 ft NW along an unnumbered road and 50 ft SW.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA015—Bradford
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-F6—Leroy, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. B. Carey, G. J. Latshaw, R. L. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chippewa
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chippewa
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.33 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/1968 ()
  • 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

    BEPO

    CAREX

    CHUM

    POLYS

    POTR5

    TSCA

    Betula populifolia

    Carex

    Chimaphila umbellata

    Polystichum

    Populus tremuloides

    Tsuga canadensis

    gray birch

    sedge

    pipsissewa

    hollyfern

    quaking aspen

    eastern hemlock

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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

    1

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    622

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    0

    900

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    7.8

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00543
    Oa—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00544
    A—4 to 7 centimeters (1.6 to 2.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, white (5Y 8/1) interior, dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 60 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # PSU00545
    E—7 to 32 centimeters (2.8 to 12.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior loamy sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 60 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00546
    Bw—32 to 50 centimeters (12.6 to 19.7 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior channery loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 60 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 60 percent coarse prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2); 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00547. Continuous silt and clay coats on prism faces and in root channels.7
    Btg1—50 to 70 centimeters (19.7 to 27.6 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films; 60 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 60 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00548. continuous - phpvsfiid 531585; continuous - phpvsfiid 531585
    Btg2—70 to 83 centimeters (27.6 to 32.7 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 60 percent iron-manganese concretions; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU00549. continuous - phpvsfiid 531586; continuous - phpvsfiid 531586
    Bgx1—83 to 90 centimeters (32.7 to 35.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face channery loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU00550
    Bgx2—90 to 118 centimeters (35.4 to 46.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face channery loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; brittle; clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00551. Dark gray (10YR 4/1) prism faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 531588; patchy - phpvsfiid 531588
    Bgx3—118 to 139 centimeters (46.5 to 54.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face channery loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; brittle; clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00552. Grayish brown (10YR 5/2) prism faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 531589; patchy - phpvsfiid 531589
    Bgx4—139 to 151 centimeters (54.7 to 59.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face channery silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00553. Grayish brown (10YR 5/2) prism faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 531590; patchy - phpvsfiid 531590
    Cg1—151 to 192 centimeters (59.4 to 75.6 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior channery silt loam; structureless massive, and weak platy; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent medium prominent brown (10YR 4/3); 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00554. Thin clay films on larger surfaces.
    Cg2—192 to 207 centimeters (75.6 to 81.5 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior channery loam; structureless massive, and weak platy; firm, slightly plastic; 11 percent medium prominent brown (10YR 4/3); 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00555. Thin clay films on larger surfaces.