IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bethesda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 233
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA031002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 233
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA031002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44136
  • 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: 41.1986111
  • Std. Longitude: -79.2958333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.5 mi SE of Strattenville on US 322, 0.25 mi N into strip mine, Clarion Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA031—Clarion
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41079-B3—Strattanville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Latshaw, J. Hallowich and R. Cunningham
  • 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bethesda
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Minesoil
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/1974
  • 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: 8/19/1974 ()
  • 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

    ACER

    ERAGR

    LAKA2

    PIRE

    QUERC

    Acer

    Eragrostis

    Larix kaempferi

    Pinus resinosa

    Quercus

    maple

    lovegrass

    Japanese larch

    red pine

    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

    1

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    457

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    135

    1050

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    8.7

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior extremely channery clay loam; 21 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01847
    AC—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior extremely channery clay loam; 21 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01848. 5% brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) chunks 1.5 to 2 inches in diameter; common medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) variegations.
    C1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior very channery silty clay loam; 16 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 33 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01849. "Common medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) variegations; crystals of gypsum found at 23 inches, quantity appears to increase with depth."
    2C2—58 to 102 centimeters (22.8 to 40.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior extremely channery silty clay loam; 18 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 29 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01850. Few fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) variegations; black and brown varnish found on fragments.
    2C3—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior extremely channery silt loam; 24 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 25 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01851. Few fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) variegations; black and brown varnish found on fragments.
    2C4—132 to 198 centimeters (52.0 to 78.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior extremely channery clay loam; 22 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 28 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01852. Few fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) variegations; 5% voids; black and brown varnish found on fragments.