IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Ernest
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2004PA061006
User Pedon ID:
S2004PA061006
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
05N0350
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
17679
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
40.6646385
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 #:
6
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Ernest
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:
linear
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Flooding:
occasional flooding
Ponding:
occasional 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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degrees
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A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01987; moist when described; observed in trench
AE—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01988; moist when described; observed in trench
Bw—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01989; moist when described; observed in trench
Bt—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01990; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 277966; continuous - phpvsfiid 277966
2C—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face extremely channery sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; 0.8 coarse roots around fragments; 80 percent by volume flat 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01991; moist when described; observed in trench
3C—84 to 92 centimeters (33.1 to 36.2 inches); 60 percent light reddish gray (2.5YR 7/1) broken face clay; structureless massive; friable; 0.8 coarse roots around fragments; 40 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01992; moist when described; observed in trench
4C—92 to 132 centimeters (36.2 to 52.0 inches); 80 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face extremely channery sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 90 percent by volume flat 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01993; moist when described; observed in trench
5C—132 to 138 centimeters (52.0 to 54.3 inches); 60 percent light reddish gray (2.5YR 7/1) broken face clay; structureless massive; friable; 40 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01994; moist when described; observed in trench
6C—138 centimeters (54.3 inches); structureless massive; friable; 95 percent by volume flat 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 05N01995; moist when described; observed in trench