IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarksburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1964PA027017
  • User Pedon ID: 1964PA027017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 179
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64PA027017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43524
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 40.7438889
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9019444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 mi W of Pine Grove Mills, E of T332. C. Campbell Farm, 0.4 mi E of farm house, 165' E woodland.
  • 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-F8—Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. J. Noll and R. H. Henry
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarksburg
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedford
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.42 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.58 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.92 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/1964 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop shrubs
  • 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

    BROMU

    TRIFO

    Bromus

    Trifolium

    brome

    clover

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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

    1

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    396

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    45

    1000

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    9.2

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; 5.0 coarse tubular pores; 3 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01277. 1-3% chert fragments to 3 inches.
    Bt1—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 5.0 coarse tubular pores; clay films; 5 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01278. 3-5% chert fragments to 3 inches.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532122; patchy - phpvsfiid 532122
    Bt2—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films and 14 percent black (N 2/0) coats; 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3); 5 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01279. Less than 5% coarse fragments; Ap filling root channels and worm holes.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532124; continuous - phpvsfiid 532124
    Bt3—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium blocky, and platy, and subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films and 38 percent black (N 2/0) coats; 11 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 11 percent fine distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); 5 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01280. Less than 5% coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532126; continuous - phpvsfiid 532126
    Btx—99 to 132 centimeters (39.0 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent clay films and 38 percent black (N 2/0) coats; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01281. Less than 5% coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532127; continuous - phpvsfiid 532127
    2BC1—132 to 150 centimeters (52.0 to 59.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior silty clay; strong medium and coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films and 38 percent black (N 2/0) coats; 11 percent medium prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 11 percent medium prominent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4); 10 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01282. 5-10% chert fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532130; continuous - phpvsfiid 532130
    2BC2—150 to 165 centimeters (59.1 to 65.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; weak fine blocky, and subangular blocky, and platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent clay films; 11 percent fine and medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) and 11 percent fine and medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4); 10 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01283. 5-10% chert fragments; texture nearer silty clay loam RPM.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532131; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532131
    2BC3—165 to 216 centimeters (65.0 to 85.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; subangular blocky, and platy, and weak fine blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films; 11 percent fine and medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) and 11 percent fine and medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4); 10 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01284. 5-10% chert fragments; texture nearer silty clay loam RPM).; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532132; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532132
    3C—216 to 229 centimeters (85.0 to 90.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01285. Less than 5% chert fragments.