IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wheeling
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA097009
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA097009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 635
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA097009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44582
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 41.1386111
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8850000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 mi N of Dewart 100 yds E of TWP road.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA097—Northumberland
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA097—Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-B8—Montoursville South, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: I. W. Ratcliff, C. D. Kohler, G. D. Yoder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheeling
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheeling
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 34.14 in/hr of percolation rate and 43.32 in/hr of percolation rate and 46.62 in/hr of percolation rate and 52.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 53.58 in/hr of percolation rate and 55 in/hr of percolation rate and 75 in/hr of percolation rate and 82.5 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/1974 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    DAGL

    MESA

    Dactylis glomerata

    Medicago sativa

    orchardgrass

    alfalfa

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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

    1

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    149

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    270

    1000

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    9.9

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    Ap1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04900
    Ap2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04901
    Bw—33 to 69 centimeters (13.0 to 27.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04902
    BC—69 to 109 centimeters (27.2 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04903
    C—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04904
    2Bwb—124 to 135 centimeters (48.8 to 53.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04905
    3Cb1—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04906
    3Cb2—160 to 198 centimeters (63.0 to 78.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loamy sand; structureless massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual broken boundary. Lab sample # PSU04907
    3Cb3—198 to 229 centimeters (78.0 to 90.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04908