IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dormont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 388
  • User Pedon ID: 1981PA059006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 81PA059006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44307
  • 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: 39.7669444
  • Std. Longitude: -80.1055556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3.3 mi NW of Mount Morris on Rt. T584, 500 ft SW into field.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA059—Greene
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39080-G1—Garards Fort, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Cronce, R. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dormont
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dormont
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/2/1981 ()
  • 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
    • 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

    47

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    421

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    45

    1000

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    9.8

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 2 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02902
    A2—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02903
    Bt1—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 medium pores; distinct clay films; 20 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02904. patchy - phpvsfiid 533135; patchy - phpvsfiid 533135
    Bt2—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine pores; faint clay films; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 30 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02905. patchy - phpvsfiid 533136; patchy - phpvsfiid 533136
    Bt3—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silty clay; weak coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 50 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02906. patchy - phpvsfiid 533137; patchy - phpvsfiid 533137
    Bt4—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay; weak coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay films; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 70 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02907. patchy - phpvsfiid 533138; patchy - phpvsfiid 533138
    Cg—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silty clay; structureless thick platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay films; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 85 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02908. patchy - phpvsfiid 533139; patchy - phpvsfiid 533139
    R—152 to 175 centimeters (59.8 to 68.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior; structureless massive; firm; distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02909. Paralithic contact.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533140; continuous - phpvsfiid 533140