IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarksburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958PA035008
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA035008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 266
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA035008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44172
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.0105556
  • Std. Longitude: -77.5188889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 440 ft SW of T324, 145 ft E of toe of fill of farm pond, 1.3 mi NW of Clintondale, Porter Twp., Dorman farm.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA035—Clinton
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA035—Clinton County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41077-A5—Beech Creek, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, W. Steputis, C. Engle, E. Mason
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarksburg
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedford
  • Classificaton Date - 4/24/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/24/1958 ()
  • 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

    DAGL

    MESA

    PHLEU

    Dactylis glomerata

    Medicago sativa

    Phleum

    orchardgrass

    alfalfa

    timothy

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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

    1

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    274

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    112

    1000

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    9.5

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02010
    E—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; brown (10YR 4/3) coats on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02011
    Bt1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02012. Some platiness; channels between larger peds filled with surface soil.
    Bt2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 5.0 tubular pores; faint clay films; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02013. continuous - phpvsfiid 532575; continuous - phpvsfiid 532575
    Bt3—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; 11 percent fine distinct reddish gray (5YR 5/2) and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02014. Clay films are thinner than on B22; many black films and black concretions.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532576; continuous - phpvsfiid 532576
    Bx1—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; structureless massive; very firm; brittle; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02015. Common fine black coatings and concretions; many pores 0.5 mm in diameter.
    Bx2—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior silt loam; weak medium blocky structure; firm; brittle; prominent clay films and 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02016. Some platiness.
    Bx3—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; structureless massive, and weak medium platy; firm; brittle; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02017. Common fine reddish yellow mottles; common fine black and red concretions and partial thin clay films.