IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kreamer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970PA099013
  • User Pedon ID: 1970PA099013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 650
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 70PA099013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44599
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 40.5641667
  • Std. Longitude: -77.1450000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Greenwood Twp, Perry Co. 1 mi E and 1/2 mi N of intersec. of U.S. 322 and PA 17 in Borough of Millerstown.
  • 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-E2—Millerstown, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Sautter, S. Ekart, E. Ciolkosz, R. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kreamer
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Landisburg
  • 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 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.02 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.02 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.54 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.44 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately 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

    PHLEU

    TRPR2

    Phleum

    Trifolium pratense

    timothy

    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

    7

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    177

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    315

    1050

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    10.3

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05030
    Bt1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05031
    Bt2—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05032. Few black coatings.
    Bt3—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay; moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2); 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05033. Common coarse black coatings.
    Bt4—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face clay; weak coarse blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 11 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05034. Light gray (10YR 7/2) prism faces. Many thin clay films on blocks. Many coarse black coatings.
    Bt5—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light gray (5YR 7/1) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior clay; weak coarse platy, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 70 percent faint clay films on bottoms of plates; 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) and 1 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05035. Yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ped faces and light gray (5Y 7/1) prism faces. Common coarse black coatings.
    Bt6—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2); 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05036. Light gray (10YR 7/2) prism faces. Common coarse black coatings.
    C—152 to 168 centimeters (59.8 to 66.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on rock fragments; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05037. Common coarse black coatings.