IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bath
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 525
  • User Pedon ID: 1988PA079006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 525
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88PA079006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44460
  • Print Date: 5/4/2024

    • 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: 41.3569444
  • Std. Longitude: -76.2550000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: LUZERNE COUNTY FAIRMOUNT TOWNSHIP. 10,600 FT EAST OF THE BENTON AIR FORCE ST ATION RADIO TOWER. 16,500 FT NE OF THE JUCTION OF RT 487 WITH THE WESTERN EDG E OF LUZENE COUNTY. 200 FT DUE WEST OF THE RAILROAD GRADE ASPECT = 206 DEGREES SW
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA079—Luzerne
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Anderson, T. Craul, M. Horkey, A. Wilkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, acid Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bath
  • PSC - 25 to 59 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: with 10 to <45
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/15/1988 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    ACRU

    FAGR

    PRSE2

    Acer rubrum

    Fagus grandifolia

    Prunus serotina

    red maple

    American beech

    black cherry

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    fragipan

    6—24

    24—59

    59—85

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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

    15

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    689

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    225

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    Oa—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); black (N 2/0) interior; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; smeary; moderately rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium high-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 25 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU07151; moist when described;
    E—6 to 24 centimeters (2.4 to 9.4 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior channery sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 2.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 30 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07152; moist when described;
    Bw1—24 to 42 centimeters (9.4 to 16.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior channery silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.8 fine to coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) skeletans throughout; 30 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07153; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 533847; patchy - phpvsfiid 533847
    Bw2—42 to 59 centimeters (16.5 to 23.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior very channery loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 1.8 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) skeletans throughout; 35 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU07154; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 533848; patchy - phpvsfiid 533848
    Bx1—59 to 78 centimeters (23.2 to 30.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior very channery loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine and medium platy, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.6 low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3) skeletans throughout; 45 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU07155; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 533849; patchy - phpvsfiid 533849
    Bx2—78 to 85 centimeters (30.7 to 33.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior extremely channery sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderately slow permeability; 0.6 low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) skeletans throughout; 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07156; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 533850; patchy - phpvsfiid 533850
    Cr—85 to 100 centimeters (33.5 to 39.4 inches); sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # PSU07157