IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stumptown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995PA755098
  • User Pedon ID: 95PA055098
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - B408
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0458
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67476
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 39.8300018
  • Std. Longitude: -77.5061111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1200 feet northwest of the intersection of Snowy Mountain Tower and Swift Run Forest Roads, 300 feet east of Snowy Mountain Tower Road. Nowth west part of photo #74.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA055—Franklin
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WRK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous Ochreptic Hapludults
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 98
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stumptown
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, siliceous Ochreptic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 1/19/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: knob
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: h slight weathered quartzite with 45 to <100
  • Surface Fragments: 8.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/19/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 74
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.
    Oa—5 to 6 centimeters (2.0 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1); loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.
    A—6 to 9 centimeters (2.4 to 3.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) cobbly loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.
    E—9 to 18 centimeters (3.5 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) cobbly loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.
    BE—18 to 42 centimeters (7.1 to 16.5 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) cobbly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03377
    Bt—42 to 61 centimeters (16.5 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very cobbly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.4 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 50 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03378. Depth of argillic from 18 to 30.; continuous - phpvsfiid 260416; continuous - phpvsfiid 260416
    2C—61 to 95 centimeters (24.0 to 37.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) extremely cobbly loamy sand; massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03379
    2Cr—95 to 95 centimeters (37.4 to 37.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely cobbly loamy sand; massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 90 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, chlorophenol red. quartzite—white to gray-green to light brown in color. Moderately deep to Cr and deep to R.