IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Edom
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975PA119001
  • User Pedon ID: 1975PA119001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 793
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 75PA119001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45307
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 40.9272222
  • Std. Longitude: -76.9669444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 75' W of farm lane.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA119—Union
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA119—Union County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-H8—Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz, J. Eckenrode, G. Yoder, P. Parrish, L. Taylor
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Edom
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Edom
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 6 in/hr of percolation rate and 7.3 in/hr of percolation rate and 10.6 in/hr of percolation rate and 11.3 in/hr of percolation rate and 3 in/hr of percolation rate and 3 in/hr of percolation rate and 3 in/hr of percolation rate and 4.5 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/19/1975 ()
  • 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

    PHLEU

    TRPR2

    Phleum

    Trifolium pratense

    timothy

    red clover

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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

    4

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    186

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    180

    1000

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    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05931
    Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05932
    Bt2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05933
    Bt3—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05934
    BC—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05935
    C1—99 to 142 centimeters (39.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05936
    C2—142 to 193 centimeters (55.9 to 76.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; structureless massive; very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05937
    R—193 to 216 centimeters (76.0 to 85.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior; 38 percent distinct clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05938