IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Edom
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1967PA061004
  • User Pedon ID: 1967PA061004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 392
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67PA061004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44312
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.6572222
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9275000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.1 mi NE of Neffs Mills on LR 31067, right onto private road and between poles #48249.
  • 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: 40077-F8—Pine Grove Mills, 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 #: 4
  • 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 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.04 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.29 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 - 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

    PIVI2

    POPR

    ROPS

    Pinus virginiana

    Poa pratensis

    Robinia pseudoacacia

    Virginia pine

    Kentucky bluegrass

    black locust

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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

    8

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    274

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    225

    1000

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    9.8

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; strong medium granular structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02945
    Ap2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; strong medium and coarse blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02946
    Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; strong medium blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02947
    Bt2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02948
    Bt3—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior very channery silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 50 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02949
    Bt4—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior very channery silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 40 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02950
    BC—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior very channery silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02951
    B/C—152 to 190 centimeters (59.8 to 74.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior very channery silty clay loam; weak fine and medium blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02952
    C—190 to 206 centimeters (74.8 to 81.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very channery silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 90 percent by volume shale, calcareous fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02953