IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dekalb
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 788
  • User Pedon ID: 1983PA117021
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 788
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 83PA117021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45301
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.5297222
  • Std. Longitude: -77.4813889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 50 yds E of Gamble Run Road on edge of Red Pine Plantation.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA117—Tioga
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41077-E4—Cedar Run, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. J. Waltman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dekalb
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dekalb
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/1983 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree 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

    AMELA

    PIAB

    PIRE

    PIST

    Amelanchier

    Picea abies

    Pinus resinosa

    Pinus strobus

    serviceberry

    Norway spruce

    red pine

    eastern white pine

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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

    3

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    561

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    190

    900

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    8

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    Oi—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); pink (5YR 7/4) interior and light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior; 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05857
    Oa—7 to 10 centimeters (2.8 to 3.9 inches); black (N 2/0) interior; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05858
    E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); light gray (5YR 7/1) interior channery sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05859
    Bhs—20 to 23 centimeters (7.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05860
    Bw1—23 to 40 centimeters (9.1 to 15.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05861
    Bw2—40 to 56 centimeters (15.7 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05862
    Bw3—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 38 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05863
    2Crt1—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior flaggy silt loam; very strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 70 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments; 11 percent coarse prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); 35 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05864
    2Crt2—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior very flaggy sandy loam; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments; 11 percent coarse prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); 30 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05865
    2R—91 to 91 centimeters (35.8 to 35.8 inches); red (10R 4/6) interior; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05866. Weathering rinds of (5YR 7/2). Bedrock controlled dip 4 degrees.