IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Comly
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1964PA043009
  • User Pedon ID: 1964PA043009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 327
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64PA043009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44240
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.3505556
  • Std. Longitude: -76.7158333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 231 ft E and 50 ft S of Fairview Ave in Skyline View Village, 9 mi E of Harrisburg, West Hanover Twp.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA043—Dauphin
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA043—Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-C6—Hershey, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, W. Kunkle, D. Ralston, R. Googins, R. Kinnard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Comly
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blairton
  • Classificaton Date - 6/24/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.67 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.83 in/hr of percolation rate and 3 in/hr of percolation rate and 6.42 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/24/1964 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    2FORB

    ASCLE

    DACA6

    SOLID

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    Asclepias

    Daucus carota

    Solidago

    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    milkweed

    Queen Anne's lace

    goldenrod

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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

    4

    —

    —

    146

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    180

    1050

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    10.5

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 1 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02462
    AB—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 1 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02463
    Bt1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films; 2 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02464. patchy - phpvsfiid 532931; patchy - phpvsfiid 532931
    Bt2—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2); 2 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02465
    Bx1—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium platy, and weak very fine blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 60 percent fine prominent brown (10YR 4/3) and 60 percent fine prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02466. "Medium silt and clay films of gray (5Y 6/1) on peds, thick in pores."
    Bx2—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and weak platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; clay films and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent fine and medium prominent light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) and 60 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02467. continuous - phpvsfiid 532934; continuous - phpvsfiid 532934
    Bx3—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, nonplastic; brittle; 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent fine and medium prominent pale olive (5Y 6/3); 65 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02468; wet, satiated when described;. Continuous silt and clay films.
    R—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior loam; 98 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02469; wet, satiated when described;. Medium soft shale.