IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fairpoint
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 838
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA125050
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 838
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA125050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45357
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 40.4619444
  • Std. Longitude: -80.4038889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 1/2 mi NE of Florence in Hanover Twp. 1 1/2 mi E of Florence on LR 62001 1 1/4 N on the Haul Rd to fork.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA125—Washington
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40080-D4—Burgettstown, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz, I. Ratcliff, F. Carlisle, J. Weaver
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, nonacid Typic Udorthents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 50
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fairpoint
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Minesoil
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/1974 ()
  • 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

    ASCLE

    CIAR4

    DACA6

    DASP2

    RUHA

    SOLID

    Asclepias

    Cirsium arvense

    Daucus carota

    Danthonia spicata

    Rubus hawaiensis

    Solidago

    milkweed

    Canada thistle

    Queen Anne's lace

    poverty oatgrass

    Hawai'i blackberry

    goldenrod

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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

    5

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    369

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    180

    950

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    9.7

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06332. 40% rock fragments. Medium acid.
    Bw1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very channery loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06333. Common coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) variegations. 50% rock fragments. Moderately acid.
    Bw2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior very channery loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06334. Common coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) variegations. 65% rock fragments. Neutral.
    C1—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior very channery loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06335. Variegated with brownish yellow (10YR 6.6). 65% rock fragments. Mildly alkaline.
    C2—74 to 122 centimeters (29.1 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior very channery loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06336. Variegated with 20% brownish yellow (10YR 6/6). 65% rock fragments. Strongly acid.
    2C3—122 to 173 centimeters (48.0 to 68.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior very channery silty clay loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU06337. Variegated with 20% brownish yellow (10YR 6/6). 65% rock fragments. Neutral.