IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wharton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961PA063053
  • User Pedon ID: S1961PA063053
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961PA063053
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 61PA063053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44342
  • 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: 40.8955556
  • Std. Longitude: -79.0188889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Stuby farm; 400 ft W of Rt 119, 1 mi N of Cavode North Mahoning Twp.
  • Map Unit: WhB—Wharton silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA063—Indiana
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MAT—Marietta, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA063—Indiana County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-H1—Valier, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Noll, J. Weaver, R. Matelski, C. Engle, R. Shipp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wharton
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/2013
  • Classifier - Debby Cunningham
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wharton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/7/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from acid shale
  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/7/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    2GP

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    Grass, perennial

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—33

    33—91

    48—137

    —33—

    —58—

    —89—
    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

    —

    —

    460

    —

    225

    1100

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    —

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    9.1

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03177
    BA—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 35 percent distinct clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03178. continuous - phpvsfiid 1149318; continuous - phpvsfiid 1149318
    Bt1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 35 percent faint clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03179. The percent and distinctness of clay films was interpreted from the continuity and soil texture. ; continuous - phpvsfiid 1149319; continuous - phpvsfiid 1149319
    Bt2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent distinct clay films; 60 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 60 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03180. The percent and distinctness of clay films was interpreted from the continuity and soil texture. The kind of redox features was interpreted from the redox color. Thick continuous clay deposits and films were present.
    Btg—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent distinct clay films; 60 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses and 60 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03181. The percent and distinctness of clay films was interpreted from the continuity and soil texture. The kind of redox features was interpreted from the redox color. Common black concretions and coatings were present.
    C—91 to 137 centimeters (35.8 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent medium and coarse distinct light gray (N 7/0), moist, iron depletions and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03182. Clay deposits in voids and cracks.