IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elioak
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 877
  • User Pedon ID: 1957PA133017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 877
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 57PA133017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45400
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 39.8022222
  • Std. Longitude: -76.5811111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hyson Farm 50 ft N of T638, 500 ft SW of T567.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA133—York
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39076-G5—Stewartstown, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Smith, F. Loughry, G. Martin, R. Matelski, D. Hersh
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elioak
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elioak
  • Classificaton Date - 11/14/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/14/1957 ()
  • 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

    PHLEU

    TRPR2

    Phleum

    Trifolium pratense

    timothy

    red clover

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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

    4

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    280

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    90

    1050

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    10.2

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06554
    E—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; distinct coats on surfaces along root channels; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06555
    BE—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06556
    Bt1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky; distinct coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06557. Earthworm casts on bottom of this horizon.
    Bt2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior silty clay loam; weak medium blocky, and weak fine platy structure; firm; distinct coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06558
    BC1—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) interior silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine platy structure; firm, nonsticky; distinct coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06559. Distinctly micaceous appearance and feel.
    BC2—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06560
    C—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06561
    Cr—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU06562