IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Elliber
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1969PA009001
User Pedon ID:
1969PA009001
Vegetation Plot ID:
45
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
69PA009001
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
44376
Print Date:
11/25/2024
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:
40.0972222
Std. Longitude:
-78.6305556
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
2 mi SE of New Paris; Ned Winegardner farm, photo no. 5V-78; 119 ft W from T-488, 116 ft S from T-514
State:
Pennsylvania
County:
PA009—Bedford
MLRA:
147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
PA009—Bedford County, Pennsylvania
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
40078-A6—Schellsburg, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
G. Grice, G. W. Petersen and J. J. Noll
Current Taxonomic Class:
Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active Ultic Hapludalfs
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PSU
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Elliber
Classificaton Date -
5/7/2012
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Elliber
Classificaton Date -
7/29/1969
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Field Measured Properties:
0.9 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 11.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 14.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 17.2 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:
7/29/1969 ()
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
row crop
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
2GA
TRIFO
—
Trifolium
Grass, annual
clover
—
—
—
—
—
—
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
3
—
—
518
—
180
1050
—
—
—
—
—
9.4
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; very channery loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; 60 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00319. Chert
Bw1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00320. Chert. Structure modified by coarse fragments.
Bw2—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00321. Chert. Structure modified by coarse fragments.
Bw3—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; black (N 2/0) coats on all faces of peds and 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00322. Chert. Few streaks and splotches of pale brown (10YR 6/3); silt films in pores.
Bw4—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent faint black (N 2/0) coats; 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00323. "Chert. Few silt films in pores. Few streaks and splotches of pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6)"
Bw5—135 to 178 centimeters (53.1 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 30 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00324. Chert. Few black coatings on coarse fragments; common streaks and splotches of light gray (10YR 7/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6)
R—178 to 193 centimeters (70.1 to 76.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00325. Siltstone; black coatings on fragments.