IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hustontown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962PA057010
  • User Pedon ID: 1962PA057010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 62PA057010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44294
  • 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: 40.0802778
  • Std. Longitude: -78.1305556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 450 ft W of the house, 25 ft from the stream channel, 0.3 mi S of Rts 848 and T441, 2 mi W of Wells Tannery
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA057—Fulton
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA057—Fulton County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40078-A2—Wells Tannery, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Noll, R. Matelski, N. Churchill, C. Engle, P. Craul
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hustontown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kedron
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.62 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.62 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.62 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.62 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.76 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.12 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/27/1962 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    332

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    180

    1000

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02828
    E—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium platy, and weak subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02829
    Bt1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; 1 percent fine faint reddish brown (5YR 5/3); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02830. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533099; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533099
    Bt2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; 1 percent fine faint reddish brown (5YR 5/3); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02831. continuous - phpvsfiid 533100; continuous - phpvsfiid 533100
    Bgx1—53 to 94 centimeters (20.9 to 37.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and strong coarse blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent clay films; 60 percent medium and coarse prominent gray (N 6/0) and 60 percent medium and coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02832. Roots to 24 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533101; continuous - phpvsfiid 533101
    Bgx2—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); gray (N 6/0) interior silty clay loam; strong coarse blocky, and strong coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films; 60 percent medium and coarse prominent weak red (2.5YR 5/2) and 60 percent medium and coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02833. continuous - phpvsfiid 533102; continuous - phpvsfiid 533102
    2C1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior very gravelly loam; structureless single grain; 60 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02834
    2C2—152 to 170 centimeters (59.8 to 66.9 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior very gravelly loam; structureless single grain; 75 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02835; wet, satiated when described;