IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Volusia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 468
  • User Pedon ID: 1980PA069014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 468
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 80PA069014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44396
  • 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: 41.5952778
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6552778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Shepuk farm, 1.6 km NW of Jct Rt 107 & I81 on T562; 400 m SE of pond, 25 m S of access road, 46 m W stone fnc
  • 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, R. C. Cronce and B. J. Carter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Aeric Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Volusia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Volusia
  • Classificaton Date - 4/25/1980
  • 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: 4/25/1980 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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

    4

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    384

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    180

    1000

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    8.9

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03521. 25-50% rock fragments
    E1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 1 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3); 50 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03522. 40-60% rock fragments.
    E2—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2); 50 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03523. 40-60% rock fragments.
    Bx1—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) broken face gravelly loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 65 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03524. 50-75% rock fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533591; patchy - phpvsfiid 533591
    Bx2—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) broken face gravelly loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 50 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03525. 40-60% rock fragments.
    Bx3—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face gravelly sandy clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 11 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 50 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03526. 40-60% rock fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533594; patchy - phpvsfiid 533594
    Bx4—140 to 163 centimeters (55.1 to 64.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 11 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 60 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03527. 50-70% rock fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533596; patchy - phpvsfiid 533596
    Bx5—163 to 208 centimeters (64.2 to 81.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face gravelly sandy clay loam; strong medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 60 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03528. Pale brown (10YR 6/3) prism faces; 50-70% rock fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533599; patchy - phpvsfiid 533599
    2BC—208 to 215 centimeters (81.9 to 84.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior gravelly sandy clay loam; strong coarse platy, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 50 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03529. 40-60% rock fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533602; patchy - phpvsfiid 533602