IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004PA061003
  • User Pedon ID: S2004PA061003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0347
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17676
  • 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: 40.6649437
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9046402
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Shale Hills site near Shaver's Creek Environmental Center.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA061—Huntingdon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-F8—Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: YURI PLOWDEN
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: shale, unspecified at 145cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/2004 (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
    • 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
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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01970; moist when described; observed in trench
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01971; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bw1—8 to 14 centimeters (3.1 to 5.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout; 5.0 medium tubular pores; 2 percent by volume flat 2-20-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01972; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bw2—14 to 53 centimeters (5.5 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout; 5.0 medium tubular pores; 2 percent by volume flat 2-20-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01973; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bw3—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face very channery silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout; 5.0 medium tubular pores; 50 percent by volume flat 2-20-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01974; moist when described; observed in trench
    C—69 to 145 centimeters (27.2 to 57.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face extremely channery silty clay loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 0.8 fine tubular pores; 90 percent by volume flat 2-20-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01975; moist when described; observed in trench
    R—145 centimeters (57.1 inches); fragments.; observed in trench