IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wurtsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 559
  • User Pedon ID: 1988PA081065
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 559
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88PA081065
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44497
  • 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: 41.5619444
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8291667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: ASPECT = 270 DEGREES
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA081—Lycoming
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Ellenberger, M. Cessna, R. Knight, R. Schweinsberg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, acid Typic Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 65
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wurtsboro
  • PSC - 21 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/2/1988 ()
  • 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

    TSCA

    Acer rubrum

    Fagus grandifolia

    Tsuga canadensis

    red maple

    American beech

    eastern hemlock

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    cambic horizon

    fragipan

    0—34

    19—34

    34—100

    100—100

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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

    2

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    682

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    270

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    Oe—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); black (N 2/0) interior; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 5.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 20 percent by volume subrounded ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07180; moist when described;
    A—7 to 26 centimeters (2.8 to 10.2 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) interior very stony silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine and medium crumb structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 5.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.0 fine to coarse high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subrounded ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07181; moist when described;
    E—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); gray (5YR 6/1) interior channery sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 4.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.8 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 38 percent distinct black (N 2/0) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine prominent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and 11 percent medium and coarse distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and 11 percent medium and coarse distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2); 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07182; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534132; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534132
    Bw1—41 to 67 centimeters (16.1 to 26.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior channery loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 38 percent distinct black (N 2/0) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and 11 percent fine and medium prominent gray (5YR 6/1) and 11 percent medium and coarse prominent brown (7.5YR 5/2); 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07183; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534133; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534133
    Bw2—67 to 107 centimeters (26.4 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior channery loam; 8 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine and medium faint pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and 1 percent fine and medium distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/3); 5 percent by volume subrounded ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07184; moist when described;
    Bx1—107 to 151 centimeters (42.1 to 59.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior channery loam; 14 percent clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderate permeability; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine and medium faint dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2); 5 percent by volume subrounded ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07185; moist when described;
    Bx2—151 to 207 centimeters (59.4 to 81.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior channery loam; 12 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderate permeability; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # PSU07186; moist when described;