IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holly
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 31
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA005004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44221
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 40.6750000
  • Std. Longitude: -79.3258333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Kimmel farm, 220 ft SE of bldgs, 1.5 mi E of Elderton, Plum Creek Twp., Armstrong Co.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA005—Armstrong
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-F3—Elderton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Latshaw, R. Smith, D. Grice
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holly
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atkins
  • Classificaton Date - 7/3/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/3/1968 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    1

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    305

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    0

    1050

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    9.6

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00205
    Ap2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6); fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00206
    Bwg1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 14 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00207
    Bwg2—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 14 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00208. Thin silt and clay films in small pores.
    Cg1—64 to 97 centimeters (25.2 to 38.2 inches); gray (N 6/0) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00209. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531339; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531339
    Cg2—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and gray (N 5/0) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent fine and medium prominent gray (N 5/0); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00210. "Vertical streaks of gray (N 6/0) prism faces, 3 inches wide and 12 inches apart, are much siltier. Most pores lined with silt."
    Cg3—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and gray (N 5/0) broken face loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent fine and medium prominent gray (N 5/0); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00211. Prism faces and rinds form vertical steaks as above. Most pores lined with silt.
    Cg4—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and gray (N 5/0) broken face loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 60 percent medium prominent gray (N 5/0); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00212
    Cg5—152 to 173 centimeters (59.8 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and gray (N 5/0) broken face loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 60 percent medium prominent gray (N 5/0); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00213