IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Blairton
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1965PA055007
User Pedon ID:
1965PA055007
Vegetation Plot ID:
359
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
65PA055007
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
44275
Print Date:
5/5/2025
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:
39.9813889
Std. Longitude:
-77.7477778
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Flohr farm; 210 ft SW of Tel. pole No. 43, 0.85 mi NE of Freys, Hamilton Twp.
State:
Pennsylvania
County:
PA055—Franklin
MLRA:
147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
PA055—Franklin County, Pennsylvania
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
39077-H6—Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
J. Noll, R. Long
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, active Oxyaquic Hapludults
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PSU
Pedon #:
7
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Blairton
Classificaton Date -
5/7/2012
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Berks
Classificaton Date -
3/22/1965
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Field Measured Properties:
0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate
SITE
Landscape:
mountain system
Runoff:
high
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
3/22/1965 ()
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
2GP
—
Grass, perennial
—
—
—
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
9
—
—
210
—
225
1000
—
—
—
—
—
10.5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 20 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02791
Bw—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; subangular blocky, and moderate fine blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 65 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02792. Structure modified by shale chips; few thin patches of silt and clay.
BC—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine blocky, and subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 60 percent medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and 60 percent medium prominent gray (5Y 6/1); 85 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02793. Pockets and lenses; few thin patches of silt and clay on and between coarse fragments.
R—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU02794. Shale with light gray (2.5Y 7/2) silt and clay deposits between bedding planes and fractures.