IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mardin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 80
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA015006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 80
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA015006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45315
  • 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: 41.8852778
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3308333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.2 mi N of Rom borough on 08086 and .25 mi E on Roe Russell property.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA015—Bradford
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-H3—Windham, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey, S. Ekart
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 6
  • 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 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


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very 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

    2GP

    MESA

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    Medicago sativa

    Grass, perennial

    alfalfa

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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

    21

    —

    —

    317

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    270

    900

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    —

    —

    —

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    8.9

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior channery silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00564
    Bw1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00565
    Bw2—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00566
    Bw3—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent fine and medium faint light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and 11 percent fine and medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU00567
    Bx1—58 to 94 centimeters (22.8 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) broken face and brown (7.5YR 4/4) channery loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00568. Light olive gray (5Y 6/2) prism faces; brown (7.5YR 4/4) subsurface prism faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 531599; patchy - phpvsfiid 531599
    Bx2—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and light gray (5Y 7/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) channery loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00569. Light gray (5Y 7/2) prism faces; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) subsurface prism faces.
    Bx3—117 to 155 centimeters (46.1 to 61.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) channery loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00570. Light olive gray (5Y 6/2) prism faces; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) subsurface prism faces.
    Bx4—155 to 185 centimeters (61.0 to 72.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and gray (5YR 6/1) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) channery loam; weak coarse platy, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00571. "Gray (5Y 6/1) prism faces, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) subsurface prism faces."; continuous - phpvsfiid 531602; continuous - phpvsfiid 531602