IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pompton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 114
  • User Pedon ID: 1969PA019006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 69PA019006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43454
  • Print Date: 5/10/2024

    • 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: 41.0377778
  • Std. Longitude: -80.1375000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 mi S of Slippery Rock Borough, 2 mi N of the corssroads in W Liberty and 3 1/2 mi NW of Stone House.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA019—Butler
  • MLRA: 139—Lake Erie Glaciated Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41080-A2—Harlansburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. G. Grice and E. J. Ciolkosz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pompton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/8/2013
  • Classifier - Alex Dado
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Braceville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.9 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.2 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.6 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.8 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.4 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.4 in/hr of percolation rate and 3 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1969 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    2

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    354

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    158

    1000

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    9.3

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00845
    BA—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 6 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00846
    Bw—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00847
    Bx1—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent coarse distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2); 2 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00848
    2Bx2—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior gravelly loamy fine sand; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 11 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 6 percent by volume unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00849. Few fine coal fragments.
    2Bx3—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very gravelly loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 38 percent faint clay films between sand grains and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00850. Few small coal fragments.
    2Bx4—112 to 147 centimeters (44.1 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior very gravelly coarse sandy loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 70 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments and 70 percent distinct clay films between sand grains; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00851
    3BC—147 to 160 centimeters (57.9 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior gravelly coarse sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 70 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments and 70 percent prominent clay films between sand grains; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00852
    3C—160 to 193 centimeters (63.0 to 76.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior gravelly sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00853; wet, satiated when described;