IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Tygart
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1988PA055068
User Pedon ID:
1988PA055068
Vegetation Plot ID:
372
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
88PA055068
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
44290
Print Date:
1/30/2025
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:
40.2236111
Std. Longitude:
-77.6966667
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
ASPECT = 320 DEGREES
State:
Pennsylvania
County:
PA055—Franklin
MLRA:
147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
PA055—Franklin County, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
R. Knight, N. Ellenberger, R. Schweinsberg
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aeric Endoaquults
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Record Orgin:
DDRP
Pedon #:
68
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Tygart
PSC -
20 to 70 cm.
Classificaton Date -
5/7/2012
Moisture Subclass -
aquic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
mountain valleys or canyons
Landform:
terrace
Geomorphic Component Hills:
nose slope
Hill Slope Profile:
toeslope
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Runoff:
very low
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/30/1988 ()
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
pastureland, tame
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
POPR
Poa pratensis
Kentucky bluegrass
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Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
argillic horizon
0—20
0—20
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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
2
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294
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315
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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine and medium crumb structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.8 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent by volume subrounded ? to 76-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07085; moist when described;
Bt—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior silty clay loam; 40 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.3 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.6 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 70 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 60 percent fine and medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2); 3 percent by volume subrounded ? to 76-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07086; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 533082; continuous - phpvsfiid 533082
Btg—46 to 72 centimeters (18.1 to 28.3 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior silty clay loam; 40 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.1 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.1 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 70 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint light gray (10YR 7/1) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume subrounded ? to 76-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07087; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 533083; continuous - phpvsfiid 533083
Bt1—72 to 108 centimeters (28.3 to 42.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 14 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) black stains throughout and 70 percent prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 11 percent medium and coarse prominent light gray (10YR 7/1); 11 percent fine and medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 76-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07088; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 533084; patchy - phpvsfiid 533085; continuous - phpvsfiid 533084; patchy - phpvsfiid 533085
2Bt2—108 to 150 centimeters (42.5 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior stony silt loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; slow permeability; 38 percent faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) black stains throughout; 1 percent coarse prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); 60 percent medium platy iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 76-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 425-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07089; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 533086; patchy - phpvsfiid 533087; continuous - phpvsfiid 533086; patchy - phpvsfiid 533087
2Bt3—150 to 200 centimeters (59.1 to 78.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior stony silt loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 14 percent faint light brown (7.5YR 6/4) clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent prominent very dark gray (N 3/0) black stains throughout; 1 percent fine distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6); 60 percent medium platy iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume subrounded ? to 425-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded ? to 76-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # PSU07090; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533088; continuous - phpvsfiid 533089; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533088; continuous - phpvsfiid 533089