IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hublersburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1967PA061012
  • User Pedon ID: 1967PA061012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 399
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67PA061012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44319
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.2783333
  • Std. Longitude: -77.7875000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 7.5 mi NE of Shade Gap on PA 35, Frank Flemming Farm.
  • 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-C7—Aughwick, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey, R. Cunningham, E. Ciolkosz, T. Craft, G. Yoder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, illitic, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hublersburg
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frankstown
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.06 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1967 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop shrubs
  • 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

    MALUS

    PHLEU

    TRIFO

    Malus

    Phleum

    Trifolium

    apple

    timothy

    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

    4

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    283

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    225

    1000

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior channery silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent by volume chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02996
    E—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); 10YR 6/ (10YR 6/), interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02997
    BA—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02998
    Bt1—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior channery silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02999
    Bt2—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 15 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03000. Fe & Mn coats are on large ped faces.
    Bt3—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03001
    Bt4—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03002. continuous - phpvsfiid 533202; continuous - phpvsfiid 533202
    Bt5—165 to 188 centimeters (65.0 to 74.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; moderate coarse blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03003. Thick clay films on large ped surfaces.
    Bt6—188 to 241 centimeters (74.0 to 94.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior channery silty clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03004. Thick clay films on large ped surfaces.
    C1—241 to 257 centimeters (94.9 to 101.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03005. Thin clay films on some surfaces.
    C2—257 to 300 centimeters (101.2 to 118.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior extremely flaggy silt loam; platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 85 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03006. Rock structure; silt and clay coatings on tops of coarse fragments.