IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Upshur
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 25
  • User Pedon ID: 1972PA003020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 25
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 72PA003020
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44154
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 40.6002778
  • Std. Longitude: -80.1641667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 50 ft N of Camp MEeting Rd. extension at pole Nu. 104/198 on the Quaker Valley School property.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA003—Allegheny
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40080-E2—Ambridge, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Sautter, D. Belz and R. Newbury
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Upshur
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Upshur
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/1972 ()
  • 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

    2GA

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    Grass, annual

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    13—66

    —13—

    —53—
    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

    13

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    347

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    90

    900

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; many (6.9) roots; 2 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00158
    Bt1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (3.6) roots; faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films; 2 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00159
    Bt2—30 to 66 centimeters (11.8 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (3.2) roots; faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films; 2 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00160
    BCt—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); dusky red (10R 3/3) interior parachannery silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) roots; faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films and distinct dark reddish gray (10R 3/1), moist, and very dusky red (10R 2/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 25 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00161
    C1—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); dusky red (10R 3/3) interior very parachannery silty clay; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct dark reddish gray (10R 3/1), moist, and very dusky red (10R 2/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 50 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00162
    C2—112 to 163 centimeters (44.1 to 64.2 inches); dusky red (10R 3/3) interior extremely parachannery silty clay; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct dark reddish gray (10R 3/1), moist, and very dusky red (10R 2/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 70 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00163
    C3—163 to 198 centimeters (64.2 to 78.0 inches); dusky red (10R 3/3) interior extremely parachannery silty clay; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00164
    2C4—198 to 213 centimeters (78.0 to 83.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior extremely parachannery silty clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 80 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00165