IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atkins
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA107027
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA107027
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 699
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA107027
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45202
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 40.5852778
  • Std. Longitude: -76.2933333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.6 mi E of junc. Pa 443 and LR 53005 along 443 near Deturksville (Bilzi, M.S. 1976).
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA107—Schuylkill
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA107—Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-E3—Swatara Hill, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Bilzi, E. Ciolkosz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Haplaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 27
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atkins
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atkins
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1974 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • 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

    CAREX

    TYPHA

    Carex

    Typha

    sedge

    cattail

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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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    190

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    180

    1200

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05398
    Bw1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05399. continuous - phpvsfiid 534718; continuous - phpvsfiid 534718
    Bw2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 60 percent coarse distinct light olive gray (5Y 6/2); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05400. continuous - phpvsfiid 534719; continuous - phpvsfiid 534719
    Bwg—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 60 percent medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05401. continuous - phpvsfiid 534720; continuous - phpvsfiid 534720
    BCg—74 to 82 centimeters (29.1 to 32.3 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior loam; weak coarse prismatic, and structureless massive, and weak very thin platy; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds and 14 percent faint clay films on bottoms of plates; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05402. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534722; continuous - phpvsfiid 534721; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534722; continuous - phpvsfiid 534721
    Agb—82 to 92 centimeters (32.3 to 36.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silt loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05403
    Cgb1—92 to 112 centimeters (36.2 to 44.1 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior and light gray (N 7/0) interior gravelly coarse sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume subrounded sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05404
    Cgb2—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior clay loam; structureless single grain; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine faint gray (5Y 6/1) and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 65 percent by volume subrounded sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05405
    2Btb—137 to 155 centimeters (53.9 to 61.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 1 percent fine faint gray (5Y 6/1); 80 percent by volume subrounded shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05406; wet, satiated when described;
    2Cb—155 to 173 centimeters (61.0 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 85 percent by volume subrounded shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05407; wet, satiated when described;