IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wharton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 860
  • User Pedon ID: 1976PA129050
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 860
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 76PA129050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45382
  • 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: 40.3866667
  • Std. Longitude: -79.5136111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.2 mi N of Harrison City along 64239, on Shearer farm owned by Ryan, 75 E and 130 ft S of gate to plot B-11.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA129—Westmoreland
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-D5—Slickville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. L. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 50
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wharton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Guernsey
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/1976 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    LOAR10

    MESA

    TRPR2

    Lolium arundinaceum

    Medicago sativa

    Trifolium pratense

    tall fescue

    alfalfa

    red clover

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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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    364

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    45

    1050

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06445. 10 percent shale fragments. Abundant roots.
    BA—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 20 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06446. 20 percent shale fragments.
    Bt1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 15 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06447. 15 percent shale fragments.
    Bt2—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06448. Few root along prism faces. Prism faces are pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2).; patchy - phpvsfiid 535441; patchy - phpvsfiid 535441
    Bt3—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films; 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 10 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06449. 10 percent shale fragments. Few roots along prism faces.
    C—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior clay loam; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 20 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # PSU06450. Thinly bedded shale. 20 percent soft weathered shale fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 535444; continuous - phpvsfiid 535444