IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dekalb
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 135
  • User Pedon ID: 1988PA021012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 135
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88PA021012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43477
  • 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: 40.5058333
  • Std. Longitude: -78.7866667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: ASPECT = 120 DEGREES
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA021—Cambria
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Ellenberger, M. Cessna, R. Schweinsberg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, acid Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dekalb
  • PSC - 25 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/1988 ()
  • 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

    ACPE

    ACRU

    BEAL2

    FAGR

    PRSE2

    Acer pensylvanicum

    Acer rubrum

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Fagus grandifolia

    Prunus serotina

    striped maple

    red maple

    yellow birch

    American beech

    black cherry

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—14

    14—33

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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

    8

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    714

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    135

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    Oe—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 25 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06827; moist when described;
    AE—8 to 14 centimeters (3.1 to 5.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior channery silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 4.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine to coarse moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subangular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06828; moist when described;
    Bw1—22 to 33 centimeters (8.7 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very channery loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.8 fine to coarse roots throughout; 2.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subangular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06829; moist when described;
    Bw2—41 to 60 centimeters (16.1 to 23.6 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior very flaggy loam; 18 percent clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 fine to coarse roots between peds; 0.5 fine and medium low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 25 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06830; moist when described;
    Cr—68 to 77 centimeters (26.8 to 30.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior extremely flaggy loam; 20 percent clay; very strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.1 fine and medium roots in cracks; 2.5 medium and coarse moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume angular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06831; moist when described;
    R—77 to 87 centimeters (30.3 to 34.3 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU06832