IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laidig
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971PA061027
  • User Pedon ID: 1971PA061027
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 401
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 71PA061027
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44323
  • 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: 40.6819444
  • Std. Longitude: -77.8627778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 4.5 mi NW of McAlveys Fort, Rt 540, 100 ft E of Rd, across from park; Jackson Twp, Whipple Dam State Park
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA061—Huntingdon
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA061—Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-F7—McAlevys Fort, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Craft, S. Ekart and E. Sautter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 27
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Laidig
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Laidig
  • Classificaton Date - 5/25/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/25/1971 ()
  • 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

    QUAL

    QURU

    RHODO

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Rhododendron

    white oak

    northern red oak

    rhododendron

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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

    20

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    299

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    315

    1000

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    9.7

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU03015. Leaf and twig litter.
    Oa—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU03016. Roots and decayed organic matter.
    E—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior very flaggy sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03017
    BA—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03018
    Bt—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds and faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03019. patchy - phpvsfiid 533208; patchy - phpvsfiid 533209; patchy - phpvsfiid 533208; patchy - phpvsfiid 533209
    Bx1—86 to 101 centimeters (33.9 to 39.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) channery clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 1 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03020. "Pale brown (10YR 6/3) prism faces, yellowish red (5YR 5/8) rinds; few fine roots on prism faces; thin nearly continuous clay films on blocky ped faces, in pores and on coarse fragments."
    Bx2—101 to 132 centimeters (39.8 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) channery loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 60 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 60 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03021. "Pinkish white (10YR 7/2) prism faces; yellowish red (5YR 5/8) rinds; thin nearly continuous clay films on blocky ped faces, in pores and on coarse fragments."
    Bx3—132 to 150 centimeters (52.0 to 59.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) channery sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03022. Few fine roots on prism faces; pinkish white (10YR 7/2) prism faces and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) rinds.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533211; patchy - phpvsfiid 533212; patchy - phpvsfiid 533211; patchy - phpvsfiid 533212
    2Bx4—150 to 185 centimeters (59.1 to 72.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face very channery loam; weak coarse blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03023. Brown (7.5YR 5/4) prism faces; thin patchy clay films on blocky peds.
    3BC—185 to 213 centimeters (72.8 to 83.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery loam; weak coarse blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03024. Thin patchy clay films on blocky peds.