IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Norwich
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 567
  • User Pedon ID: 1988PA081073
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 567
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88PA081073
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44506
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 41.4583333
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8411111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: BARBOURS, PA QUADRANGLE 13,000 FT SW OF LOOKOUT TOWER 17,200 FT NW OF PROCTOR JUNCTION 50 FT N OF THE JEEP TRAIL ASPECT = 307 DEGREES NW
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA081—Lycoming
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-D7—Barbours, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Anderson, T. Craul, M. Horkey, A. Wilkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, acid Typic Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 73
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Norwich
  • PSC - 25 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain valleys or canyons
  • Landform: structural bench
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1988 ()
  • 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

    MYAS

    POPR

    SOLID

    Myrica aspleniifolia

    Poa pratensis

    Solidago

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    Kentucky bluegrass

    goldenrod

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    fragipan

    0—15

    15—51

    51—95

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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

    3

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    404

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    315

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior very channery silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 45 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07236; moist when described;
    Bg1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) interior silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 1.8 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 60 percent fine and medium prominent pinkish gray (5YR 6/2); 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07237; moist when described;
    Bg2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior loam; 18 percent clay; weak coarse platy, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films throughout; 11 percent medium distinct reddish gray (5YR 5/2) and 11 percent fine and medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4); 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07238; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 534154; patchy - phpvsfiid 534154
    Bgx1—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very channery loam; 18 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; brittle; slow permeability; 0.5 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films throughout and 70 percent prominent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; 60 percent fine and medium distinct pinkish gray (5YR 6/2); 1 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses; 45 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07239; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534156; patchy - phpvsfiid 534155; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534156; patchy - phpvsfiid 534155
    Bgx2—66 to 95 centimeters (26.0 to 37.4 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior very channery clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak medium platy, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; brittle; slow permeability; 0.5 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint reddish gray (5YR 5/2) clay films throughout and 38 percent prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8) oxide coats throughout; 11 percent medium and coarse prominent olive yellow (5Y 6/6) and 11 percent fine and medium prominent greenish gray (5G 6/1); 50 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07240; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534158; patchy - phpvsfiid 534157; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534158; patchy - phpvsfiid 534157
    Cg1—95 to 110 centimeters (37.4 to 43.3 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) interior and reddish gray (5YR 5/2) interior very channery clay loam; 32 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; rapid permeability; 3.8 medium and coarse high-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 38 percent faint greenish gray (5GY 5/1) clay films; 1 percent coarse prominent dark gray (5Y 4/1); 55 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07241; wet when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 534159; patchy - phpvsfiid 534159
    Cg2—110 to 135 centimeters (43.3 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior extremely gravelly loamy sand; 8 percent clay; structureless single grain; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 3.8 medium and coarse high-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 11 percent prominent greenish gray (5GY 5/1); 70 percent by volume subrounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # PSU07242; wet when described;