IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Allis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 773
  • User Pedon ID: 1963PA117005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 63PA117005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45285
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.9108333
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3222222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 500 ft E of road in hayfield near edge of woods 0.9 mi S and 0.2 mi W of Fairview Grange on Rts 58026 & T689.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA117—Tioga
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41077-H3—Elkland, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Carey, J. Rayburn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, acid Aeric Haplaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Allis
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Allis
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/1963 ()
  • 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

    6

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    573

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    270

    900

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    7.9

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05732
    E—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; distinct clay films; 11 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) and 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05733
    Bwg1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior silty clay loam; strong coarse blocky, and strong coarse prismatic structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 11 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 6/1); 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05734. Coatings of light gray (10YR 6/1).; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535014; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535014
    Bwg2—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); gray (N 6/0) interior channery silty clay loam; strong coarse blocky, and strong coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent coarse prominent gray (N 6/0) and 60 percent coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 60 percent coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05735. Coatings of gray (N 6/0).
    C—66 to 122 centimeters (26.0 to 48.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior channery silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent fine distinct gray (N 6/0) and 60 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05736
    R—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); gray (N 6/0) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU05737. Shale and sandstone bedded 2 to 3 inches thick.