IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clymer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 252
  • User Pedon ID: 1988PA033035
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 252
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88PA033035
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44157
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 41.1336111
  • Std. Longitude: -78.4202778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: AT STARTING POINT #1 ASPECT = 243 DEGREES SW
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA033—Clearfield
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Custer, J. Chibirka, W. Farwell, M. Hogue, J. Kern
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 35
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clymer
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2014
  • Classifier - Alex Dado
  • 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 Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/1988 ()
  • 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

    ACSA2

    PRSE2

    QUAL

    Acer saccharinum

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus alba

    silver maple

    black cherry

    white oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—3

    3—6

    6—89

    14—42

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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

    43

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    608

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    225

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior; weak very fine crumb structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06952; moist when described;
    A—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior loam; 15 percent clay; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06953; moist when described;
    E—6 to 9 centimeters (2.4 to 3.5 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 4.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 8 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06954; moist when described;
    Bw1—9 to 37 centimeters (3.5 to 14.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.8 fine to coarse roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06955; moist when described;
    Bw2—37 to 67 centimeters (14.6 to 26.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loam; 17 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) skeletans on surfaces along pores; 14 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06956; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532550; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532550
    Bw3—67 to 92 centimeters (26.4 to 36.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loam; 17 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) skeletans on surfaces along pores; 14 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06957; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532551; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532551
    BC—92 to 117 centimeters (36.2 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior very channery loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06958; moist when described;
    C—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior extremely channery loamy sand; 10 percent clay; structureless single grain; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.6 very fine and fine low-continuity void between rock fragments pores; 25 percent by volume subangular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU06959; moist when described;
    R—145 to 155 centimeters (57.1 to 61.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU06960