IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dekalb
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 436
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA065011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 436
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA065011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44361
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.3133333
  • Std. Longitude: -79.0825000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 500 ft S of the Rd to Beartown Rocks, 1.2 mi from park office, NE of Brookville, Heath Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA065—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41079-C1—Sigel, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, J. Zarachansky, J. Steptus, C. Engle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, superactive Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dekalb
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leetonia
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/1958 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    ACER

    BELE

    CORNU

    POLYS

    POTR5

    RHODO

    Acer

    Betula lenta

    Cornus

    Polystichum

    Populus tremuloides

    Rhododendron

    maple

    sweet birch

    dogwood

    hollyfern

    quaking aspen

    rhododendron

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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

    33

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    475

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    45

    1050

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    8.7

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (N 2/0) interior; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03279. 10% quartz grains; 20% fragments 1/2-3 inches; organic matter and decayed leaves.
    E—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior very channery loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; 80 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03280
    BE—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior extremely channery sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 85 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03281. 85% fragments 6-12 inch diameter.
    Bw—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior extremely channery sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 90 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03282. 90% fragments to 12 inches.
    C1—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior extremely channery sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; 95 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03283. Thin clay lenses; structure held together loosly with clay films; coatings on upper sides of rocks; 95% fragments 6-18 inches.
    C2—71 to 96 centimeters (28.0 to 37.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior extremely channery loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; firm; 98 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03284. Grains of sand lightly joined by clay; 98% fragments 6-24 inches.