IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarksburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA035020
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA035020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 278
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA035020
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44185
  • 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: 41.0408333
  • Std. Longitude: -77.4391667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 500 ft S of the bridge over Fishing Creek, 140 ft W of the lane, 1 mi W of Mackeyville, Lamar Twp; Smith 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-A4—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, W. Steputis, C. Engle, E. Mason
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarksburg
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/1959 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    POPR

    Poa pratensis

    Kentucky bluegrass

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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

    11

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    226

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    1000

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    9.6

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02102
    AB—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; weak medium granular, and weak fine platy structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02103
    BA—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02104. 6 inch tongues.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532642; continuous - phpvsfiid 532642
    Bt—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02105. Structure hase some platiness and prism caps; 8 inch tongues.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532644; continuous - phpvsfiid 532644
    Bx—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; clay films and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 4/3) and 60 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02106. 8 inch tongues; has some prisms and fine plates.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532646; continuous - phpvsfiid 532646
    BC—132 to 175 centimeters (52.0 to 68.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films and prominent clay films and 14 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02107. A few prisms; 8 inch tongues.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532648; continuous - phpvsfiid 532649; continuous - phpvsfiid 532648; continuous - phpvsfiid 532649
    C—175 to 183 centimeters (68.9 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 1 percent fine faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02108. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532651; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532651