IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Watson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969PA109002
  • User Pedon ID: 1969PA109002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 719
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 69PA109002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45225
  • 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: 40.7833333
  • Std. Longitude: -76.9086111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 mi N of Kantz, 100 ft E of 54065 (T456) of the Clyde Holzopple Farm.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA109—Snyder
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA109—Snyder County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-G8—Freeburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz, E. Sautter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Watson
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Watson
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/1969
  • 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 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.17 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/1969 ()
  • 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

    PHLEU

    TRIFO

    Phleum

    Trifolium

    timothy

    clover

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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

    5

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    155

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    180

    1000

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    10.1

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; 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 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05439
    Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05440. patchy - phpvsfiid 534803; patchy - phpvsfiid 534803
    Bt2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior gravelly silty clay loam; strong medium blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05441. continuous - phpvsfiid 534804; continuous - phpvsfiid 534804
    Bx1—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05442. patchy - phpvsfiid 534805; patchy - phpvsfiid 534805
    Bx2—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05443. patchy - phpvsfiid 534806; patchy - phpvsfiid 534806
    2C1—114 to 132 centimeters (44.9 to 52.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent fine and medium prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/1) and 60 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 3 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05444
    3C2—132 to 155 centimeters (52.0 to 61.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05445
    3C3—155 to 173 centimeters (61.0 to 68.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments and 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05446
    3R—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); 5Y 4/ (5Y 4/), interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU05447. "Horizon thin bedded olive (5Y 4/3) shale with black and red Fe and Mn coatings, it can be dug out with back hoe."