IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvira
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA037005
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA037005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 286
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA037005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44194
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.1250000
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4358333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.75 mi SW of Rohrsburg; 1430 ft W along lane which starts 200 ft W of barn, 15 ft S of lane; 180 ft W hemloc
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA037—Columbia
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA037—Columbia County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-B4—Benton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.Loughry,R.Matelski,W.Steputis,P.Parrish,C.Engle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Aquic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvira
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvira
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/1959 ()
  • 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

    Phleum

    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

    2

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    195

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    90

    1050

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02140. pH 7.2 (limed).
    BA—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02141. Some platiness at top; partial thin clay films on peds.
    Bt1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent medium faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02142
    Btg—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 60 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 60 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 6/1); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02143. "Partial clay films on peds; friable consistence at top of the horizon, firm at the bottom."
    Bgx1—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.3 roots; 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium and coarse distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct light gray (5Y 7/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02144. Roots to 30 inches; polygons breaking to weak medium and fine platy structure; partial clay films.
    Bgx2—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium prominent gray (5Y 6/1) and 11 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02145. Polygons breaking to moderate medium platy structure; partial clay films on peds.
    Bx—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 11 percent medium prominent gray (5Y 6/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02146. Polygons breaking to weak fine platy structure; partial clay films.
    C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 6/1) and 60 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and 60 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02147. Polygons extending below 60 inches.