IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Penlaw
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972PA075008
  • User Pedon ID: 1972PA075008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 72PA075008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44429
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.2972222
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3083333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.5 mi S of Iowa, 0.2 mi S on Crest Rd. with intersection with of Rt. 38009 and 200 ft west into field.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA075—Lebanon
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA075—Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-C3—Richland, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz, D. Grice, E. Sautter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Aquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Penlaw
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Penlaw
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/1972 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    2

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    165

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    180

    1100

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 5 percent by volume quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03892
    BA—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03893
    Bt1—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2); 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03894
    Bt2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03895
    BC1—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) broken face silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03896. "Variegated 10YR 6/8, 7.5YR 5/8 prism face 10YR 5/3."
    BC2—89 to 130 centimeters (35.0 to 51.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; weak medium platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03897. "Varigated 10YR 6/8, 10YR 8/4 prism face 7.5YR 5/4, 7.5YR 5/8."
    C1—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03898. "Varigated 10YR 7/6, 7.5YR 5/8; prism face 7.5YR 5/4."
    C2—155 to 198 centimeters (61.0 to 78.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; massive, and moderate very coarse prismatic; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03899. "Varigated 10YR 7/6, 7.5YR 5/8; prism face 7.5YR 5/4."
    C3—198 to 254 centimeters (78.0 to 100.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03900. "Varigated 10YR 7/6, 5YR 5/6, 7.5YR 5/6 prism face 7.5YR 5/4."