IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mardin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 79
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA015005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 79
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA015005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45303
  • Print Date: 5/15/2024

    • 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: 41.8536111
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3544444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.2 mi W of Rome Borough on 08079 then 0.3 mi N of T740 then 500 ft W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA015—Bradford
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-G3—Rome, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. J. Sautter and R. L. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mardin
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mardin
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.04 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.04 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.04 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.04 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.13 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

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

    AGRE2

    BROMU

    PHLEU

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    Agropyron repens

    Bromus

    Phleum

    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

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    brome

    timothy

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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

    12

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    280

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    112

    900

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    9

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; channery silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00556
    E—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00557
    Bw—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00558. Some peds coated with dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4).; patchy - phpvsfiid 531591; patchy - phpvsfiid 531591
    Bx1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior channery silt loam; weak coarse blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4); 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00559. patchy - phpvsfiid 531592; patchy - phpvsfiid 531592
    Bx2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) broken face channery silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4); 11 percent iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00560. Light olive gray (5Y 6/2) prism faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 531593; patchy - phpvsfiid 531593
    Bx3—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and greenish gray (5GY 6/1) broken face channery loam; moderate medium blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, nonsticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4); 60 percent iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00561. "Greenish gray (5GY 6/1) prism faces. Subsurface prism faces are dark brown (7.,5YR 4/4)."; patchy - phpvsfiid 531594; patchy - phpvsfiid 531595; patchy - phpvsfiid 531594; patchy - phpvsfiid 531595
    Bx4—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and greenish gray (5GY 6/1) broken face channery loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4); 11 percent iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00562. Greenish gray (5GY 6/1) prism faces. Subsurface prism faces are dark brown (7.5YR 4/4).
    Bx5—145 to 185 centimeters (57.1 to 72.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and greenish gray (5GY 6/1) broken face channery loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and massive; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4); 11 percent iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00563. Greenish gray (5GY 6/1) prism faces.