IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 774
  • User Pedon ID: 1963PA117006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 774
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 63PA117006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45286
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.9447222
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3369444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 6.4 mi NW of Kenneyville on Rt 58026 and T552, 450 ft E in swampy pasture.
  • 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-silty, mixed, nonacid Mollic Haplaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alden
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alden
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/20/1963 ()
  • 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

    PIST

    POTR5

    SALIX

    TSCA

    Pinus strobus

    Populus tremuloides

    Salix

    Tsuga canadensis

    eastern white pine

    quaking aspen

    willow

    eastern hemlock

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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

    0

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    573

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    0

    900

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    7.9

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    Oa—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05738
    A—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silty clay; moderate coarse platy, and moderate fine blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05739; wet, satiated when described;
    Bwg1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0) interior and gray (N 6/0) interior silty clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 11 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05740; wet, satiated when described;. Streaks of greenish gray (5GY 6/1).
    Bwg2—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior very fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent medium faint greenish gray (5BG 5/1) and 11 percent medium faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05741; wet, satiated when described;
    Bwg3—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films; 60 percent coarse prominent gray (N 5/0) and 60 percent coarse prominent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) and 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05742; wet, satiated when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 535016; patchy - phpvsfiid 535016
    2C—79 to 137 centimeters (31.1 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly silty clay loam; structureless massive, and weak coarse platy; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent coarse distinct gray (10YR 5/1) and 11 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05743; wet, satiated when described;