IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bath
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 86
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA015012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 86
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA015012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45381
  • Print Date: 5/4/2024

    • 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: 41.9552778
  • Std. Longitude: -76.5358333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.5 mi SW of Athens and 100 ft S of the intersection of McKinley Hill and Orange Hill Rds then 500 ft E.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA015—Bradford
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-H5—Sayre, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. B. Carey, R. L. Cunningham and S. C. Ekart
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bath
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bath
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/1968 ()
  • 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

    ACRU

    PIST

    PRSE2

    Acer rubrum

    Pinus strobus

    Prunus serotina

    red maple

    eastern white pine

    black cherry

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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

    17

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    280

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    0

    900

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    9

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00615
    A—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00616
    E—6 to 16 centimeters (2.4 to 6.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00617
    BA—16 to 34 centimeters (6.3 to 13.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00618
    Bw—34 to 47 centimeters (13.4 to 18.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00619
    Bx1—47 to 59 centimeters (18.5 to 23.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00620
    Bx2—59 to 77 centimeters (23.2 to 30.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery silt loam; weak coarse platy, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00621
    Bx3—77 to 113 centimeters (30.3 to 44.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and pale red (2.5YR 6/2) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00622. Prism interiors with light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) prism faces and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior coatings on prism faces.
    Bx4—113 to 146 centimeters (44.5 to 57.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior and pale red (2.5YR 6/2) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00623. Prism interiors with brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) prism faces and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior coatings on prism faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 531647; continuous - phpvsfiid 531647
    Bx5—146 to 184 centimeters (57.5 to 72.4 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and pale red (2.5YR 6/2) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00624. Brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) prism faces and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior coatings on prism faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 531648; continuous - phpvsfiid 531648