IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hublersburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1963PA027006
  • User Pedon ID: 1963PA027006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 168
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 63PA027006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43512
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 40.8383333
  • Std. Longitude: -77.8825000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: State Game Lands 176; W at curve 0.5 mi N of US Army Reserve Ctr, N on 1st Rd. 50 ft W of B+00 on Rd; Fatton
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA027—Centre
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA027—Centre County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-G8—Julian, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey and B. Henry
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, illitic, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hublersburg
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hublersburg
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 1.44 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.94 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.31 in/hr of percolation rate and 5.07 in/hr of percolation rate and 6.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 7 in/hr of percolation rate and 7.83 in/hr of percolation rate and 7.94 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/1963 ()
  • 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

    CIAR4

    DASP2

    PIST

    POTR5

    Cirsium arvense

    Danthonia spicata

    Pinus strobus

    Populus tremuloides

    Canada thistle

    poverty oatgrass

    eastern white pine

    quaking aspen

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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

    6

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    360

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    90

    1000

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    9.3

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01188. 10% angular chert.
    Ap—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01189. 10% angular chert 0.5-3 inches;
    E—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01190. 10% chert 0.5-3 inches
    BA—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; faint manganese or iron-manganese stains; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01191. Medium clay coats on larger surfaces; concretion face (N 2/0)
    Bt1—61 to 99 centimeters (24.0 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine blocky, and weak medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 70 percent prominent reddish black (10R 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01192. Thick clay films on larger surfaces and pores.
    Bt2—99 to 140 centimeters (39.0 to 55.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01193. "Fragments are scattered; prisms begin upper part of horizon, extend below 91 inches."
    BC—140 to 183 centimeters (55.1 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate very fine blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01194. Friable removed; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) tongue; thick clay coats on larger surfaces.
    C1—183 to 231 centimeters (72.0 to 90.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak fine platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01195. Root on prism face at 6.5 ft; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and yellowish red (5YR 4/8) spots.
    C2—231 to 290 centimeters (90.9 to 114.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01196. Yellowish red (5YR 4/8) streaks; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and few brown streaks
    C3—290 to 353 centimeters (114.2 to 139.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior silty clay loam; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01197. Very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) to pale brown (10YR 6/3) streaks sandy spots; pale brown (10YR 6/3) streaks