IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Volusia
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
465
User Pedon ID:
1980PA069011
Vegetation Plot ID:
465
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
80PA069011
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
44393
Print Date:
5/14/2024
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:
41.5294444
Std. Longitude:
-75.6677778
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
3.4 km E of Waverly on Rt 632, 100 m W of house and stone fence, 120 ft N of road, C. Reynolds farm, R.D. 1
Country:
US—United States
State:
Pennsylvania
County:
PA069—Lackawanna
MLRA:
140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
41075-E6—Dalton, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
W. J. Waltman and R. C. Cronce
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed Aeric Fragiaquepts
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PSU
Pedon #:
11
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Volusia
Classificaton Date -
5/7/2012
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Volusia
Classificaton Date -
4/23/1980
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
plateau
Landform:
ground moraine
Runoff:
very low
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
4/23/1980 ()
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
pastureland, tame
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
DAGL
PHLEU
Dactylis glomerata
Phleum
orchardgrass
timothy
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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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451
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135
1000
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8.6
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Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior gravelly silt loam; weak medium granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03496. 12-35% rock fragments.
E—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior gravelly loam; weak medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11 percent coarse prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8); 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03497. 30-50% rock fragments.
Bx1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong very coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03498. 30-50% rock fragments; mottles are in prism matrix.
Bx2—51 to 97 centimeters (20.1 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face gravelly sandy clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03499. Very pale brown (10YR 7/3) in prism face; 20-40% rock fragments.
Bx3—97 to 145 centimeters (38.2 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3); 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03500. 25-50% rock fragments.
Bx4—145 to 198 centimeters (57.1 to 78.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face cobbly loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct pale olive (5Y 6/3); 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03501. 25-50% rock fragments.
2C—198 to 211 centimeters (78.0 to 83.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 38 percent distinct clay films; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03502. 10-30% rock fragments.