IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bethesda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 39
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA005015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 39
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA005015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44309
  • 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: 40.8263889
  • Std. Longitude: -79.4033333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 6 mi E of Kittanning, Valley Twp., Armstrong Co. 1 mi N of Pa 85 on Adams (T624) .5 mi E on dirt Rd .1 mi N
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA005—Armstrong
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-G4—Mosgrove, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Bilzi and E. Ciolkosz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, acid, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bethesda
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Minesoil
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 8/15/1974 ()
  • 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

    ACRU

    BETUL

    LAKA2

    PICEA

    PISY

    POTR5

    Acer rubrum

    Betula

    Larix kaempferi

    Picea

    Pinus sylvestris

    Populus tremuloides

    red maple

    birch

    Japanese larch

    spruce

    Scots 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

    6

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    402

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    270

    1050

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    9.2

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00276. Voids up to 2 cm in dia. noted
    Bw1—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior very channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00277. Few fine faint variegations of yellowish brown (10YR 5/6). Voids up to 2 cm thick.
    Bw2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior very channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00278. Few fine faint variegations of yellowish brown (10YR 5/6). Voids up to 2 cm thick
    C1—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior very channery loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00279. Few fine faint variegations of yellowish brown (10YR 5/6). Voids 2- 10 mm in diameter
    C2—79 to 124 centimeters (31.1 to 48.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior very channery loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00280. Few fine faint variegations of yellowish brown (10YR 5/6). Voids 2-10 mm in diameter
    C3—124 to 173 centimeters (48.8 to 68.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior very channery loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00281. Bands of very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2). Voids 2-10 mm in diameter