IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elliber
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970PA099008
  • User Pedon ID: 1970PA099008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 645
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 70PA099008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44593
  • 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: 40.3541667
  • Std. Longitude: -77.2719444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Perry Co. Spring Twp., 1.25 mi NE of PA 74 along Greenbria Rd. to 8" white oak on side of Rd. 120' SW to pit.
  • 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-C3—Landisburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz and S. Ekart
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 8
  • 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: 8.18 in/hr of percolation rate and 120 in/hr of percolation rate and 180 in/hr of percolation rate and 610 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 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    CADE12

    QUERC

    Castanea dentata

    Quercus

    American chestnut

    oak

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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

    33

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    232

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    315

    1050

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    10.1

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU04989. "Leaf litter (oak, chestnut, dogwood)."
    Oa—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); black (N 2/0) interior; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04990. Decomposed leaves and twigs are bound together by roots.
    E—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04991
    Bhs—26 to 33 centimeters (10.2 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04992
    Bt1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); light red (2.5YR 7/6) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04993
    Bt2—56 to 92 centimeters (22.0 to 36.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on rock fragments; 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04994. continuous - phpvsfiid 534471; continuous - phpvsfiid 534471
    Bt3—92 to 122 centimeters (36.2 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loam; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent coats on rock fragments and prominent coats between sand grains; 40 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04995. continuous - phpvsfiid 534472; continuous - phpvsfiid 534473; continuous - phpvsfiid 534472; continuous - phpvsfiid 534473
    Bt4—122 to 148 centimeters (48.0 to 58.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent coats on rock fragments and prominent coats between sand grains; 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04996. continuous - phpvsfiid 534474; continuous - phpvsfiid 534475; continuous - phpvsfiid 534474; continuous - phpvsfiid 534475
    Bt5—148 to 181 centimeters (58.3 to 71.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent coats on rock fragments and prominent coats between sand grains; 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04997. continuous - phpvsfiid 534477; continuous - phpvsfiid 534476; continuous - phpvsfiid 534477; continuous - phpvsfiid 534476
    2C—181 to 206 centimeters (71.3 to 81.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sandy loam; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04998