IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Edom
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1970PA067002
User Pedon ID:
1970PA067002
Vegetation Plot ID:
444
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
70PA067002
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
44370
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
40.5902778
Std. Longitude:
-77.3733333
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
3 mi E of Mifflintown on Rt 35, 0.4 mi on twp. Rd to large willow tree near farm pond on W. Stoner farm
State:
Pennsylvania
County:
PA067—Juniata
MLRA:
147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
PA605—Juniata and Mifflin Counties, Pennsylvania
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
40077-E3—Mexico, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
E. Ciolkosz, D. Grice
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, illitic Typic Hapludalfs
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PSU
Pedon #:
2
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Edom
Classificaton Date -
5/7/2012
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Edom
Classificaton Date -
6/8/1970
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Field Measured Properties:
0.41 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 4.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 5.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 6.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 26 in/hr of percolation rate and 27.25 in/hr of percolation rate
SITE
Landscape:
mountain system
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/8/1970 ()
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
hayland
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
8
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171
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315
1000
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9.9
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Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03331
Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) exterior clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03332. Reddish brown (5YR 5/4) ped faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533404; continuous - phpvsfiid 533404
Bt2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) exterior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03333. Reddish brown (5YR 5/4) ped faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533405; continuous - phpvsfiid 533405
C1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior clay; weak coarse platy structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 70 percent clay films on rock fragments; 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03334. Texture fills interstices between 0.25 inch shale layers; structure related to shale.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533406; patchy - phpvsfiid 533406
C2—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 70 percent clay films on rock fragments; 2 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03335. patchy - phpvsfiid 533407; patchy - phpvsfiid 533407
C3—86 to 132 centimeters (33.9 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; 0.5 roots; 70 percent clay films on rock fragments; 90 percent by volume limestone-shale fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03336. Shale fragments coated with silty clay loam; structure related to shale bedding; weakly calcareous.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533408; patchy - phpvsfiid 533408
R—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU03337. Interbedded thin limestone and calcareous shale.