IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kreamer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970PA099015
  • User Pedon ID: 1970PA099015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 652
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 70PA099015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44601
  • 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: 40.4127778
  • Std. Longitude: -77.4155556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sweger Farm, Madison Twp., Perry Co. 4 mi W of Ickesburg on Rt. 17, 3/10 mi W of Sweiger Farmhouse 75' S.
  • 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-D4—Spruce Hill, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Grice and G. Latshaw
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kreamer
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Landisburg
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.45 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.6 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.2 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.45 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/18/1970 ()
  • 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

    DAGL

    PHLEU

    Dactylis glomerata

    Phleum

    orchardgrass

    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

    4

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    232

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    0

    1050

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    10.1

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05048
    Ap2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05049
    Bt1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 7 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05050. Dark brown worm casts.
    Bt2—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05051. Few black coatings.
    2Bt3—64 to 97 centimeters (25.2 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 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; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05052. Many black coatings.; patchy - phpvsfiid 534524; patchy - phpvsfiid 534524
    3Bt4—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and gray (N 6/0) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; weak medium platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent coarse prominent gray (N 6/0); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05053. Yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) palte faces. Gray (N 6/0) prism faces with thin strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) immediately beneath the gray prism faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 534526; patchy - phpvsfiid 534526
    3Bt5—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and gray (N 6/0) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05054. Gray (N 6/0) prism faces with thin strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) immediately beneath the gray prism face.
    3Bt6—147 to 165 centimeters (57.9 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and gray (N 6/0) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05055. Yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) palte faces. Gray (N 6/0) prism faces with thin strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) immediately beneath the gray prism face.