IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Comly
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1964PA043010
  • User Pedon ID: 1964PA043010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 328
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64PA043010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44241
  • 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: 40.3675000
  • Std. Longitude: -76.6805556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 600 ft E of Rt 22007, 3 mi NE of Rt 39 and 22 Jct, 0.4 mi W of Shelleville, East Hanover Twp; Coover farm.
  • 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 #: 10
  • 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 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    DAGL

    POPR

    TRIFO

    Dactylis glomerata

    Poa pratensis

    Trifolium

    orchardgrass

    Kentucky bluegrass

    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

    7

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    146

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    180

    1050

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    10.5

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 2 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02470
    BA—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 2 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02471
    Bt1—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 11 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2); 2 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02472
    Bt2—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 60 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); 2 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02473. Thick silt and clay films on peds.
    Bx1—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; strong coarse platy, and strong very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 2 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02474. Few roots to 36 inches.
    Bx2—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 2 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02475. Clay films on plates.
    2Bx3—135 to 157 centimeters (53.1 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 60 percent coarse distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3); 2 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02476. Clay films of gray (5Y 6/1) on plates.