IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Penlaw
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979PA099021
  • User Pedon ID: 1979PA099021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 79PA099021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44607
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.4483333
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3566667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.5 mi SW of Ickesburg on PA 17; 1/10 mi NW of intersec. at T-338; 200' Sof PA 17 and 200' W of driveway.
  • 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-D3—Ickesburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Kuhl, R. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Penlaw
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Penlaw
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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
    • 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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    189

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    135

    1050

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05098
    A2—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05099
    BAt—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films; 3 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05100. continuous - phpvsfiid 534552; continuous - phpvsfiid 534552
    Btx1—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films; 60 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05101. continuous - phpvsfiid 534553; continuous - phpvsfiid 534553
    Btx2—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint clay films; 1 percent coarse distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/3); 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05102. patchy - phpvsfiid 534554; patchy - phpvsfiid 534554
    Btx3—91 to 137 centimeters (35.8 to 53.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior gravelly silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint clay films; 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05103. patchy - phpvsfiid 534555; patchy - phpvsfiid 534555
    C—137 to 178 centimeters (53.9 to 70.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 80 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05104