IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elliber
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969PA109001
  • User Pedon ID: 1969PA109001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 718
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 69PA109001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45224
  • 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: 40.7097222
  • Std. Longitude: -77.0588889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 300 ft N of PPL Co. pole 80014 on Rt. 35 2.25 mi W of Mt. Pleasant Mills.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA109—Snyder
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA109—Snyder County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-F1—Richfield, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey, R. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • 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 - 6/6/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.2 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.2 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 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: 6/6/1969 ()
  • 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

    PHLEU

    TRPR2

    Phleum

    Trifolium pratense

    timothy

    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

    9

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    207

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    180

    1000

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    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05431. W
    BA—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05432
    Bw1—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05433
    Bw2—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05434
    Bt1—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3); 20 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05435
    Bt2—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05436. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534800; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534800
    Bx1—145 to 173 centimeters (57.1 to 68.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent fine distinct light gray (N 7/0) and 60 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05437. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534801; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534802; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534801; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534802
    Bx2—173 to 188 centimeters (68.1 to 74.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 60 percent fine distinct light gray (N 7/0) and 60 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05438