IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sewell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 243
  • User Pedon ID: 1973PA033021
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 243
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 73PA033021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44147
  • 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: 41.0633333
  • Std. Longitude: -78.4447222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.5 mi N of Clearfield, 1.9 mi N of US 322 on Fleagal Rd. and 0.5 mi into stripmine.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA033—Clearfield
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41078-A4—Clearfield, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz, J. Haagen, D. Grice
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, semiactive, acid, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sewell
  • Classificaton Date - 5/3/2023
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Minesoil
  • Classificaton Date - 5/23/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/23/1973 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - culturally induced barren
  • 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

    PIVI2

    POTR5

    Pinus virginiana

    Populus tremuloides

    Virginia pine

    quaking aspen

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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

    4

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    479

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    112

    1050

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    8.7

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior extremely channery coarse sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 13 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 80 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01928
    C1—3 to 25 centimeters (1.2 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior extremely channery coarse sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 13 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 80 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01929. "Brown (10YR 4/3) to dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) coatings on shale fragments, black 2/1 and 2/0 interiors."
    C2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior extremely channery coarse sand; 62 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 13 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 90 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01930
    C3—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior extremely channery coarse sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 13 percent clay; 90 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01931. "Loosely pack shale fragments, black 2/0 interiors."
    Ab—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior extremely channery coarse sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 12 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 90 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01932
    Cb1—81 to 124 centimeters (31.9 to 48.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior extremely channery coarse sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 11 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 90 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01933. "Yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) lens, black 2/0 shale interior."
    Cb2—124 to 165 centimeters (48.8 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior extremely channery coarse sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 11 percent clay; 0.5 roots; 90 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01934. Loosely packed shale fragments.