IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vandergrift
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 44
  • User Pedon ID: 1972PA007002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 44
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 72PA007002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44365
  • 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: 40.5030556
  • Std. Longitude: -80.3908333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.6 mi W of U.S. 30 on main Racoon Creek State Park Rd. in lot on left 200 ft from blacktop on E edge of lot
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA007—Beaver
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40080-E4—Hookstown, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Newbury and E. Sautter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vandergrift
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vandergrift
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.32 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/14/1972 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    CORNU

    PRUNU

    QUERC

    Cornus

    Prunus

    Quercus

    dogwood

    plum

    oak

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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

    20

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    287

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    225

    950

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00311
    BA—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior silty clay; moderate fine blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; faint clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00312. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531413; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531413
    Bt—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00313. continuous - phpvsfiid 531414; continuous - phpvsfiid 531414
    Btg1—56 to 94 centimeters (22.0 to 37.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) interior clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; distinct clay films; 60 percent medium and coarse prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 60 percent medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00314
    Btg2—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) exterior clay; moderate coarse blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent black (N 2/0) coats on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00315
    Btg3—109 to 147 centimeters (42.9 to 57.9 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) exterior clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films; 20 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00316
    C1—147 to 180 centimeters (57.9 to 70.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior clay; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films and 14 percent black (N 2/0) coats; 25 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00317. patchy - phpvsfiid 531418; patchy - phpvsfiid 531418
    C2—180 to 221 centimeters (70.9 to 87.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior clay; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00318. 10% soft red coarse fragments.