IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ernest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001PA031050
  • User Pedon ID: S01PA031050
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2001PA031050
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0241
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14472
  • 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: 41.3699150
  • Std. Longitude: -79.2412186
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Buchanan silt loam, 8 to 25 percent slopes, extremely stony, in Cook Forest State Park, Farmington Township, Clarion County; approximately 3 miles northwest of Cooksburg and 200 feet west of Tom's Run Road, in woodland. Cooksburg, PA topographic quadrangle, elevation 1490 feet.
  • Map Unit: BxD—Buchanan silt loam, 8 to 25 percent slopes, extremely stony
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA031—Clarion
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA031—Clarion County, Pennsylvania
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alex Dado
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 50
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ernest
  • PSC - 25 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/12/2014
  • Classifier - katey yoast
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buchanan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fragiudults
  • PSC - 25 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2001
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Pottsville Fm. formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/11/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    PIST

    PRSE2

    QUAL

    TIAM

    Acer rubrum

    Pinus strobus

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus alba

    Tilia americana

    red maple

    eastern white pine

    black cherry

    white oak

    American basswood

    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    66 - 177

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

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    25—177

    66—177

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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

    12

    454.2

    260

    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; loose; 20.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 20 percent sand; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15.0 roots; 5 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 75-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01073; moist when described; observed in trench
    BE—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 5 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 75-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01074; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 75-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01075; moist when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 203913; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 203913
    Bt2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay loam; 30 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 75-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01076; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 203914; continuous - phpvsfiid 203914
    Btx1—66 to 127 centimeters (26.0 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) channery loam; 35 percent sand; 25 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.1 roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 20 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 75-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01077; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 203915; continuous - phpvsfiid 203915
    Btx2—127 to 177 centimeters (50.0 to 69.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) very channery sandy clay loam; 50 percent sand; 25 percent clay; weak extremely coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 7 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 7 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular ? to 400-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 75-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01078; moist when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 203916; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 203916
    BC—177 to 200 centimeters (69.7 to 78.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) very channery loam; 40 percent sand; 20 percent clay;—Error in Exists On—structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent yellow (10YR 7/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, iron depletions and 5 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular ? to 400-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 75-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 02N01079; moist when described; observed in trench