IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elliber
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969PA109003
  • User Pedon ID: 1969PA109003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 720
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 69PA109003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45227
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 40.8158333
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8930556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 300 ft N of T443 0.25 mi NE of entrance to Camp Broken Straw.
  • 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: 40076-G8—Freeburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey, R. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 3
  • 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 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.05 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.05 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.05 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.1 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

    MESA

    Medicago sativa

    alfalfa

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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

    11

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    250

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    225

    1000

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    9.8

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05448
    E—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05449
    BE—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05450
    Bt1—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05451. Silt and clay films.
    Bt2—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silt loam; weak fine blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent clay films on rock fragments and 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05452. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534810; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534811; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534810; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534811
    Bt3—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent clay films on rock fragments and 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3); 10 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05453. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534812; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534813; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534812; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534813
    Bx1—135 to 168 centimeters (53.1 to 66.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 14 percent clay films on rock fragments and 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05454. Prism faces are very pale brown (10YR 7/3).; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534814; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534815; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534814; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534815
    Bx2—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak fine blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent clay films on rock fragments and 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05455. Prism faces are light gray (10YR 7/1).; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534816; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534817; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534816; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534817