IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvira
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979PA119010
  • User Pedon ID: 1979PA119010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 797
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 79PA119010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45311
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 40.9016667
  • Std. Longitude: -77.1722222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.8 km W of Glover Rd where the farm lane enters the field & .8 km N of picnic grove on Rt. 45.
  • 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: 40077-H2—Hartleton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Cunningham, S. Stanley and W. Waltman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Aeric Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvira
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvira
  • Classificaton Date - 5/31/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/31/1979 ()
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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

    1

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    223

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    135

    1000

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    9.8

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05974
    A2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent medium faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/8); 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05975
    BAt—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05976. Many silt coatings in pores.
    Bt1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior silty clay; weak medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 60 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8); 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05977. Many silt coatings in pores.
    Bt2—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 70 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 60 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 60 percent coarse prominent light gray (10YR 7/2); 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05978. Many silt flows on ped faces.
    Btx1—84 to 127 centimeters (33.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium platy, and strong very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05979. Pale brown (10YR 6/3) prism faces.
    Btx2—127 to 150 centimeters (50.0 to 59.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05980
    Btx3—150 to 180 centimeters (59.1 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 70 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05981
    Btx4—180 to 208 centimeters (70.9 to 81.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 70 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05982
    C—208 to 218 centimeters (81.9 to 85.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05983