IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laidig
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971PA027031
  • User Pedon ID: 1971PA027031
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 187
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 71PA027031
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43533
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.7275000
  • Std. Longitude: -77.8894444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1500 ft W of PA 26 and Chestnut St. Jct, 143 ft N of logging Rd extension of Chestnut St., Pine Grove Mills
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA027—Centre
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA027—Centre County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-F8—Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.Cunningham,R.Matelski,G.Richard,G.Herrold,D.Grice
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 31
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Laidig
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Laidig
  • Classificaton Date - 5/26/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.75 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/26/1971 ()
  • 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

    ACRU

    BEPO

    PIST

    QUAL

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Betula populifolia

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    gray birch

    eastern white pine

    white oak

    northern red 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

    15

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    445

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    315

    1000

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    9

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU01336. Fresh leaf litter.
    Oa—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU01337. Black mostly decomposed litter.
    A—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01338
    BA—16 to 38 centimeters (6.3 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01339
    Bt1—38 to 59 centimeters (15.0 to 23.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior channery clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01340
    Bt2—59 to 66 centimeters (23.2 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; weak fine and medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.6 fine tubular pores; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01341
    Bt3—66 to 87 centimeters (26.0 to 34.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01342
    Bt4—87 to 94 centimeters (34.3 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent black (N 2/0) coats on all faces of peds; 35 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01343
    Bt5—94 to 110 centimeters (37.0 to 43.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 tubular pores; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent black (N 2/0) coats on all faces of peds; 11 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 5/8) and 11 percent coarse prominent gray (N 6/0); 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01344
    Bx1—110 to 158 centimeters (43.3 to 62.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.6 coarse tubular pores; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent gray (N 6/0) and 1 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 5/8); 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01345
    Bx2—158 to 196 centimeters (62.2 to 77.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.6 tubular pores; 14 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent black (N 2/0) coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent gray (N 6/0) and 1 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 5/8); 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01346
    2BC—196 to 214 centimeters (77.2 to 84.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 60 percent medium prominent pinkish gray (5YR 6/2); 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # PSU01347. Strongly acid.