IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blairton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004PA061005
  • User Pedon ID: S2004PA061005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0349
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17678
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.6649170
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9037781
  • 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 #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blairton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: shale, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/3/2004 (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); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) broken face; friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume flat 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01979; moist when described; observed in trench
    AE—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume flat 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01980; moist when described; observed in trench
    BA—11 to 18 centimeters (4.3 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume flat 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01981; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—18 to 29 centimeters (7.1 to 11.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face channery clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout; 4 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume flat 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01982; moist when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 277953; patchy - phpvsfiid 277953
    Bt2—29 to 50 centimeters (11.4 to 19.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout; 4 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume flat 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01983; moist when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 277954; patchy - phpvsfiid 277954
    Bt3—50 to 80 centimeters (19.7 to 31.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face channery clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout; 4 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume flat 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01984; moist when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 277955; patchy - phpvsfiid 277955
    CB1—80 to 110 centimeters (31.5 to 43.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face very channery sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.8 fine roots in cracks; 2 percent faint clay films on rock fragments; 2 percent fine faint irregular brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 2 percent fine distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix surrounding redox depletions; 60 percent by volume flat 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01985; moist when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 277956; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 277956
    CB2—110 to 152 centimeters (43.3 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face extremely channery sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 2 percent faint clay films on rock fragments; 5 percent fine prominent irregular reddish gray (2.5YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions around rock fragments and 5 percent fine distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix surrounding redox depletions; 80 percent by volume flat 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 05N01986; moist when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 277957; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 277957