IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Edom
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970PA099003
  • User Pedon ID: 1970PA099003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 641
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 70PA099003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44589
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 40.5850000
  • Std. Longitude: -77.1008333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Brofree Farm, Creenwood Twp., Perry Co, 200' S and 150' W of intersec. of Rts 50042 and 50021.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA099—Perry
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA099—Perry County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-E1—Reward, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Sautter, S. Ekart and R. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Edom
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Edom
  • Classificaton Date - 6/17/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.3 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.4 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.9 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.45 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/17/1970 ()
  • 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

    2FORB

    PHLEU

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    Phleum

    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    timothy

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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

    16

    —

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    177

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    180

    1050

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    —

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    10.3

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    Ap1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04953
    Ap2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04954
    Bt1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04955. Few thick black coatings.; continuous - phpvsfiid 534449; continuous - phpvsfiid 534449
    Bt2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior clay; moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 3 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04956. Few thin black coatings.
    C1—74 to 109 centimeters (29.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04957. Structure related to shale bedding. Common moderately thick clay films on shale. Few thin black coatings.
    C2—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay; weak coarse platy structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04958. Structure related to shale bedding. common moderately thick strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on shale fragments.
    C3—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04959. Coating of strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam. Structure related to shale bedding. Few thin clay films on shale.
    C4—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silt loam; weak coarse platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04960. "Yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clayey straks, silt loam. Structure related to shale bedding. Common thin clay films on shale."
    C5—178 to 190 centimeters (70.1 to 74.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior silt loam; weak coarse platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04961. "Strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay coatings, silt loam. Structure related shale bedding. Common thin clay films on shale."