IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarksburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987PA027081
  • User Pedon ID: 1987PA027081
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 217
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 87PA027081
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44118
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 40.8319444
  • Std. Longitude: -77.6550000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Wolf farm. 0.6 mi NE of Old Fort on Pa 45 then 0.5 mi SSE on road just past the canning factory then 0.1 mi NE into woods in a drainageway
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA027—Centre
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA027—Centre County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-G6—Centre Hall, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Edward J. Ciolkosz , Robert R. Dobos and S. Gibas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 81
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarksburg
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarksburg
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: valley floor
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/30/1987 ()
  • 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

    ACRU

    CARYA

    PRSE2

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Carya

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    hybrid hickory

    black cherry

    northern red oak

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    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

    —

    —

    420

    —

    90

    990

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    9.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01636
    E—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01637
    BE—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 fine roots; 14 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01638
    Bt—36 to 69 centimeters (14.2 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 fine roots; 38 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01639
    Bx1—69 to 104 centimeters (27.2 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01640. continuous - phpvsfiid 532400; continuous - phpvsfiid 532400
    Bx2—104 to 140 centimeters (40.9 to 55.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01641
    BC—140 to 163 centimeters (55.1 to 64.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior gravelly clay loam; structureless medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent distinct clay films between sand grains; 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01642
    2C1—163 to 193 centimeters (64.2 to 76.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on top faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01643
    2C2—193 to 223 centimeters (76.0 to 87.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01644. Bedrock structure.
    2C3—223 to 259 centimeters (87.8 to 102.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; 11 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # PSU01645