IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelmadine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978PA081048
  • User Pedon ID: 1978PA081048
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 546
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78PA081048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44483
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 41.2369444
  • Std. Longitude: -77.1416667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 400 yds W of LR 41028 and 300 yds S of TWP Rt. 367. Kohler property, approx. 1 mi N of Linden PA.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA081—Lycoming
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA081—Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41077-B2—Linden, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. J. Ciolkosz and N. Ellenberger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 48
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelmadine
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelmadine
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1978 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    2FORB

    2SHRUB

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    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    Shrub (>.5m)

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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

    7

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    177

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    135

    1000

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04282
    Bt1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 60 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04283. continuous - phpvsfiid 534012; continuous - phpvsfiid 534012
    Bt2—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior and gray (N 6/0) broken face silty clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04284; wet, satiated when described;. (N 6/0) prism faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 534013; continuous - phpvsfiid 534013
    Bx1—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on surfaces along pores; 60 percent coarse distinct gray (10YR 6/1); 12 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04285; wet, satiated when described;. (7.5YR 5/8) iron bands.
    Bx2—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly silt loam; weak subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1); 12 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04286; wet, satiated when described;. (7.5YR 5/3) iron bands. Common black manganese stains.
    Bx3—119 to 147 centimeters (46.9 to 57.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly silt loam; structureless massive; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 12 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04287; wet, satiated when described;. Common black manganese stains.
    Bx4—147 to 175 centimeters (57.9 to 68.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly silt loam; structureless massive; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 12 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04288; wet, satiated when described;