IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rowland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA067099
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA067099
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 454
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA067099
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44381
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.5575000
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3852778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.2 mi SE of Mifflintown on US 322, 50 ft N of road.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA067—Juniata
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA605—Juniata and Mifflin Counties, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-E4—Mifflintown, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Bilzi, E. Ciolkosz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Fluvaquentic Eutrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 99
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rowland
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rowland
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/1974 ()
  • 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

    POPR

    Poa pratensis

    Kentucky bluegrass

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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

    3

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    155

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    180

    1000

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    9.9

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03403
    AB—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03404
    Bw1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint weak red (10R 5/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03405
    Bw2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint weak red (10R 5/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03406
    BC1—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint weak red (10R 5/3) clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical dark concretions; 10 percent by volume rounded sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03407. continuous - phpvsfiid 533507; continuous - phpvsfiid 533507
    BC2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint weak red (10R 5/3) clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 1 percent medium spherical dark concretions; 10 percent by volume rounded sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03408. continuous - phpvsfiid 533509; continuous - phpvsfiid 533509
    2Ab—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint weak red (10R 5/3) clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 1 percent medium spherical dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03409. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533511; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533511
    2Bwgb1—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); black (N 2/0) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent distinct weak red (10R 5/3) clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 60 percent fine and medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 1 percent medium spherical dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03410
    2Bwgb2—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); gray (N 6/0) interior silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent distinct weak red (10R 5/3) clay films on surfaces along pores and 14 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 60 percent medium and coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 1 percent medium spherical dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03411
    3C—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior gravelly silty clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent medium and coarse prominent gray (N 5/0) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 40 percent by volume rounded sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03412