IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarksburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1973PA075013
  • User Pedon ID: 1973PA075013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 499
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 73PA075013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44430
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 40.3213889
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3291667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Vernon E. Balmer Farm, about 6 mi SE of Lebanon, along Rt. 38, between Iona and Reishvile, 370' S of barn.
  • 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: D. Grice, R. Pennock, A. Wilson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Aquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarksburg
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarksburg
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/1973
  • 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 2.88 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/25/1973 ()
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2GA

    2GA

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    Grass, annual

    Grass, annual

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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

    2

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    165

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    225

    1100

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    —

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    10.4

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03901
    BAt—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 3 percent by volume quartz fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03902. Common worm casts filled with Ap material.
    Bt—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak very thick platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03903. Few worm casts filled with Ap material.
    Btx1—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) broken face silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 3.0 fine roots; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 8 percent by volume quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03904. Few worm casts filled with Ap material.
    Btx2—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic, and weak thick platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03905
    2Btx3—107 to 114 centimeters (42.1 to 44.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face gravelly clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak thick platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 30 percent by volume quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03906
    2Bx1—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior gravelly sandy clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains on vertical faces of peds; 20 percent by volume quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03907
    2Bx2—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior gravelly loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak thick platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 70 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03908
    2BC—155 to 175 centimeters (61.0 to 68.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 70 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8); fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03909
    3C—175 to 198 centimeters (68.9 to 78.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior silt loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine distinct red (2.5YR 4/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03910