IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bethesda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 442
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA065017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 442
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA065017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44368
  • 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: 41.1822222
  • Std. Longitude: -79.2052778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Robinson farm, 3 mi S of Reynoldsville, 550 ft S of Rd Jct to Reeds Dam to lane entering field, 75' E imp. Rd
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA065—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41079-B2—Corsica, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz, A. Bilzi, E. Jensen, J. Hallowich
  • 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 #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bethesda
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Minesoil
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/1974 ()
  • 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

    PIRE

    PIST

    PISY

    Pinus resinosa

    Pinus strobus

    Pinus sylvestris

    red pine

    eastern white pine

    Scots pine

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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

    40

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    497

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    225

    1050

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    8.7

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior extremely channery silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 39 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03318
    C1—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0) interior extremely channery silty clay loam; 18 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 38 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03319; wet, satiated when described;
    C2—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); black (N 2/0) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior extremely channery silty clay loam; 18 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 37 percent clay; structureless massive, and moderate medium subangular blocky; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03320; wet, satiated when described;
    C3—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior extremely channery silty clay loam; 16 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 39 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03324; wet, satiated when described;
    C3—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and black (N 2/0) interior extremely channery clay; 14 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 47 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03321; wet, satiated when described;
    C4—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior extremely channery silty clay loam; 16 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 39 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03322; wet, satiated when described;
    C5—127 to 145 centimeters (50.0 to 57.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior extremely channery silty clay; 14 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 45 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03323; wet, satiated when described;