IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vanderlip
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1967PA061002
  • User Pedon ID: 1967PA061002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 390
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67PA061002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44310
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 40.5497222
  • Std. Longitude: -78.0169444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 4 mi N of Huntingdon on LR 31107, W 0.6 mi on private road and S 50 ft into woods.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA061—Huntingdon
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA061—Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40078-E1—Alexandria, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey, G. Yoder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Siliceous Psammentic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vanderlip
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vanderlip
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 4.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 6 in/hr of percolation rate and 7.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 24 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/1967 ()
  • 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

    GAYLU

    QUAL

    QUCO2

    QUIL

    Gaylussacia

    Quercus alba

    Quercus coccinea

    Quercus ilicifolia

    huckleberry

    white oak

    scarlet oak

    bear oak

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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

    5

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    320

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    45

    1000

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    9.6

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior loamy fine sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02922
    Ap2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior fine sandy loam; weak very fine platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02923
    E—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02924
    EB—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02925
    BEt—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU02935. Bands of clay accumulation
    BEt—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU02934. Material between bands
    BEt—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior sandy loam; structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02926. Bands of clay accumulation.
    Bt1—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior channery loamy sand; structureless single grain; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 35 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02927. Bands of clay accumulation.
    Bt2—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very channery fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02928. Bands of clay accumulation.
    Bt3—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior channery loamy sand; weak medium blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; clay films between sand grains; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02929
    Bt4—152 to 170 centimeters (59.8 to 66.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery loamy fine sand; weak coarse platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; clay films between sand grains and 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02930
    Bt5—170 to 178 centimeters (66.9 to 70.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very channery loamy fine sand; weak coarse platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; clay films between sand grains and 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02931
    BC—178 to 211 centimeters (70.1 to 83.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; clay films between sand grains and 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02932
    C—211 to 226 centimeters (83.1 to 89.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very channery loamy coarse sand; weak coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; clay films between sand grains and 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02933. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533151; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533151