IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elliber
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970PA099007
  • User Pedon ID: 1970PA099007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 644
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 70PA099007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44592
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 40.3944444
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3108333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Resisinger Farm, Spring Twp., Perry Co. 8/10 mi N inters. of 74 and 274 to dirt Rd. E 3/10 mi to dirt Rd. N.
  • 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: Clayey-skeletal, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elliber
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elliber
  • Classificaton Date - 6/17/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.03 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.03 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.03 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.06 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.06 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.16 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: low
  • 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 - 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

    BROMU

    MESA

    PHLEU

    Bromus

    Medicago sativa

    Phleum

    brome

    alfalfa

    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

    2

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    287

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    180

    1050

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    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04981
    E—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04982
    Bw—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04983
    Bt1—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent faint clay films on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04984
    Bt2—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent faint clay films on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04985
    C1—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior silt loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04986
    2C2—140 to 183 centimeters (55.1 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04987. Streaks of yellowish red (5RY 5/6) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6). Many black coatings.
    3C3—183 to 208 centimeters (72.0 to 81.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior clay; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04988. Streaks of brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6).