IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clymer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998PA129121
  • User Pedon ID: 98PA129121
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0066
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12957
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.3355560
  • Std. Longitude: -79.0208359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Laurel Ridge
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA129—Westmoreland
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA129—Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-C1—Rachelwood, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WRK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 121
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clymer
  • PSC - 17 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/2014
  • Classifier - Katey Yoast
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clymer
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Mountain formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—11

    17—43

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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

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    831

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary.
    Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 30.0 very fine roots and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary.
    Oa—5 to 6 centimeters (2.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2); friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20.0 very fine roots and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary.
    A—6 to 9 centimeters (2.4 to 3.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary.
    E—9 to 11 centimeters (3.5 to 4.3 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) very gravelly loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary.
    Bs—11 to 17 centimeters (4.3 to 6.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots and coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt—17 to 43 centimeters (6.7 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and coarse roots; 10 percent faint clay bridges on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 1346907; patchy - phpvsfiid 1346907
    BC—43 to 79 centimeters (16.9 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) extremely cobbly sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 very fine roots and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00327
    C—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) extremely cobbly loamy sand; massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2.