IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Birdsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969PA009006
  • User Pedon ID: 1969PA009006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 50
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 69PA009006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44432
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.1602778
  • Std. Longitude: -78.5266667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Photo 4V-170; 1 mi W of St Clairsville; 218 ft SE of far rail E of bridge 90 ft SW of prop line., Rd 05060
  • 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-B5—Alum Bank, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Grice and G. W. Petersen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Birdsboro
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Birdsboro
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.2 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.4 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.4 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.4 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.8 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.8 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/30/1969 ()
  • 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

    TRPR2

    Trifolium pratense

    red 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

    1

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    340

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    225

    1000

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 2 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00357
    Bt1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00358. patchy - phpvsfiid 531448; patchy - phpvsfiid 531448
    Bt2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 2 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00359. patchy - phpvsfiid 531449; patchy - phpvsfiid 531450; patchy - phpvsfiid 531449; patchy - phpvsfiid 531450
    Bt3—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loam; subangular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds and faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 2 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00360. continuous - phpvsfiid 531451; continuous - phpvsfiid 531452; continuous - phpvsfiid 531451; continuous - phpvsfiid 531452
    BCt—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; moderate very coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium and coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00361. Some clean sands on ped surfaces; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531453; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531453
    2C1—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior very gravelly loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films on rock fragments and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments; 1 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 1 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 80 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00362. patchy - phpvsfiid 531454; patchy - phpvsfiid 531455; patchy - phpvsfiid 531454; patchy - phpvsfiid 531455
    2C2—135 to 163 centimeters (53.1 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very gravelly loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on rock fragments and 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1); 55 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00363. Patches of dark brown (7.5YR 4/4).
    2C3—163 to 178 centimeters (64.2 to 70.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very gravelly loam; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 90 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00364