IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Edom
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1970PA099005
User Pedon ID:
1970PA099005
Vegetation Plot ID:
642
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
70PA099005
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
44590
Print Date:
4/23/2025
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:
40.3777778
Std. Longitude:
-77.2983333
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Harry Stambourgh Farm, Madison Twp., 4/10 mi S of intersec. of Rts 274 and 74, along rt 74 to a 22" oak tree.
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-D3—Ickesburg, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
E. Sautter and R. Cunningham
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, illitic Typic Hapludalfs
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PSU
Pedon #:
5
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:
0.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.91 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.72 in/hr of percolation rate and 4.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.06 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.06 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.16 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
PHLEU
Phleum
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
10
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213
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180
1050
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10.1
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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04962
Bt1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04963. continuous - phpvsfiid 534451; continuous - phpvsfiid 534451
Bt2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay; moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04964. continuous - phpvsfiid 534452; continuous - phpvsfiid 534452
Bt3—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04965. continuous - phpvsfiid 534453; continuous - phpvsfiid 534453
BC—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 38 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04966
C1—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior clay loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04967
C2—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04968
C3—137 to 170 centimeters (53.9 to 66.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04969
R—170 to 190 centimeters (66.9 to 74.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU04970. Thin bedded grayish brown to black calcareous shale. Beddings areon end. Strongly folded.