IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Edom
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1967PA061003
  • User Pedon ID: 1967PA061003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 391
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67PA061003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44311
  • 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: 40.5900000
  • Std. Longitude: -78.0333333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.3 mi NW of Petersburg on LR 31087, left 0.3 mi.
  • 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: Fine, illitic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Edom
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Barree
  • Classificaton Date - 6/7/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.21 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.42 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.46 in/hr of percolation rate and 4.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 9.75 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/7/1967 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    POPR

    Poa pratensis

    Kentucky bluegrass

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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

    6

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    256

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    135

    1000

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    9.9

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02936
    Ap2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02937. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533152; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533152
    Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; prismatic, and strong medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02938. continuous - phpvsfiid 533153; continuous - phpvsfiid 533153
    Bt2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; strong medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02939. continuous - phpvsfiid 533154; continuous - phpvsfiid 533154
    Bt3—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 50 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02940
    BC—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very channery silty clay loam; weak fine and medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 50 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02941. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533157; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533157
    C1—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) interior very channery silty clay loam; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on rock fragments; 80 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02942. Coatings and fillings between limestone fragments.
    C2—142 to 170 centimeters (55.9 to 66.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very channery silty clay loam; weak fine blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 70 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02943
    Cr—170 to 185 centimeters (66.9 to 72.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior extremely channery silty clay loam; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 90 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02944. Coatings on limestone; thick clay films also in veins.