IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarksburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958PA035003
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA035003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 261
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA035003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44167
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 41.0666667
  • Std. Longitude: -77.4344444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 400 ft S of Rt 18030, 0.9 mi W of Rote, 2.25 mi SE of Salona, Lamar Twp.; Tate farm.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA035—Clinton
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA035—Clinton County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41077-A4—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, W. Steputis, C. Engle, E. Mason
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarksburg
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedford
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/21/1958 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DAGL

    MESA

    PHLEU

    Dactylis glomerata

    Medicago sativa

    Phleum

    orchardgrass

    alfalfa

    timothy

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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

    5

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    235

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    180

    1000

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    9.6

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01976
    E—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01977. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532570; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532570
    Bt1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01978. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532571; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532571
    Bt2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01979
    2Bx1—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 11 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 11 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01980. Much fine gravel.
    2Bx2—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; faint clay films; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 11 percent medium distinct 2.5Y 4/6 (2.5Y 4/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01981. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532572; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532572
    3Bx3—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; structureless massive; firm; brittle; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01982. Tends toward layering in places.
    3Bx4—122 to 135 centimeters (48.0 to 53.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior coarse sandy loam; structureless massive; firm; brittle; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01983. Few fine pebbles.
    4C1—135 to 155 centimeters (53.1 to 61.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01984
    5C2—155 to 173 centimeters (61.0 to 68.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01985. Tends to coarse structure in places.