IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cavode
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 124
  • User Pedon ID: 1973PA019038
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 73PA019038
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43465
  • 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: 41.0561111
  • Std. Longitude: -79.8863889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.4 mi N of T510 and T535 intersection, 3 mi W of North Washington.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA019—Butler
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41079-A8—West Sunbury, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz, R. Smith and S. Ekart
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active Aquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 38
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cavode
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cavode
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/6/1973 ()
  • 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
    • 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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    387

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    270

    1000

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    9.2

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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, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00929
    Bt1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00930
    Bt2—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 60 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00931
    Btg1—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent medium prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00932
    Btg2—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior silty clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00933
    Btg3—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior silty clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00934
    BCtg—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent medium and coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6); 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00935
    2C—107 to 145 centimeters (42.1 to 57.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent medium and coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium and coarse prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 55 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00936
    2R—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior clay; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00937