IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dekalb

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 255

User Pedon ID: 1988PA033038

Vegetation Plot ID: 255

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - PSU

Lab Pedon # - 88PA033038

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44160

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: 41.1419444

Std. Longitude: -78.4341667

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: STARTING POINT #1 AND ALL RESPECTIVE TRANSECTS REJECTED BECAUSE DID NOT FILL SAMPLE CLASS BMK BUT BND STARTING POINT #2 USED AS SAMPLE SITE. ASPECT = 185 DEGREES S

Country: US—United States

State: Pennsylvania

County: PA033—Clearfield

MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains

PEDON

Describers Name: J. Chibirka, B. Custer, W. Farwell, M. Hogue

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts

Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP

Pedon #: 38

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Dekalb

PSC - 25 to 94 cm.

Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012

Moisture Subclass - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: plateau

Landform: hillside

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Hill Slope Profile: shoulder

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: high

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: with <10

Surface Fragments: 32.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 11/17/1988 ()

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
ACRU QURU	Acer rubrum Quercus rubra	red maple northern red oak	— —	— —	— —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon lithic contact	0—5 5—94 94—94	—- —- —-

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
41	—	—	607	—	180	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior; weak very fine and fine crumb structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 5.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium high-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06980; moist when described;

A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior channery silt loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 4.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06981; moist when described;

Bw1—8 to 27 centimeters (3.1 to 10.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very channery loam; 10 percent clay; strong coarse granular, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06982; moist when described;

Bw2—27 to 57 centimeters (10.6 to 22.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very channery loam; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine and medium roots in cracks; 2.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06983; moist when described;

Bw3—57 to 73 centimeters (22.4 to 28.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior extremely channery loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 0.1 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 0.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 25 percent by volume subangular ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06984; moist when described;

Bw4—73 to 97 centimeters (28.7 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior extremely channery loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 25 percent by volume subangular ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU06985; moist when described;

R—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU06986