IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Raritan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979PA099018
  • User Pedon ID: 1979PA099018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 655
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 79PA099018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44604
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.3544444
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3730556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: SW Madison Twp. 2 mi W if Loysvio to Bixler Run. S on farm lane 9/10 mi to Fred Neely farm, 200' S of barn.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA099—Perry
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA099—Perry County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-C3—Landisburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz, J. Zarichansky
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Dystric Eutrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Raritan
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Raritan
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/5/1979 ()
  • 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

    LOAR10

    PHLEU

    TRIFO

    Lolium arundinaceum

    Phleum

    Trifolium

    tall fescue

    timothy

    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

    0

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    174

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    0

    1050

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    10.3

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    Ap1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05074
    Ap2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05075. Yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interiors.
    2Bw1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05076. Thin patcy films on subangular blcoky faces.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534531; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534531
    3Bw2—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05077; wet, satiated when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 534533; continuous - phpvsfiid 534532; continuous - phpvsfiid 534533; continuous - phpvsfiid 534532
    3BC1—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05078; wet, satiated when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534534; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534534
    3BC2—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior very gravelly loamy sand, silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and prominent clay films on rock fragments; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/3); 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05079; wet, satiated when described;
    3C1—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior very gravelly loamy sand; structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05080; wet, satiated when described;
    4C2—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior very gravelly loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 15 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 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05081; wet, satiated when described;