IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Andover
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958PA035012
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA035012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 270
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA035012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44177
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 41.0466667
  • Std. Longitude: -77.2100000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 150 ft S of Carroll, 5 mi E of Loganton and 13 mi SW of Lock Haven, Green Twp.; Welshan 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-A2—Carroll, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, W. Steputis, C. Engle, E. Mason
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiaquults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Andover
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Andover
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/1958 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    ACSA3

    DACA6

    PIST

    VIPR

    Acer saccharum

    Daucus carota

    Pinus strobus

    Viburnum prunifolium

    sugar maple

    Queen Anne's lace

    eastern white pine

    blackhaw

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    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

    4

    —

    —

    408

    —

    180

    1000

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior very stony silt loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02040. Numerous earthworm holes.
    E—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 1 percent fine faint reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02041. Numerous worm holes lined with A1 material.
    Bt—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; faint clay films; 60 percent coarse prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and 60 percent coarse prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02042. Fine gravelly and silty lenses.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532591; continuous - phpvsfiid 532591
    Bgx1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior sandy clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films; 11 percent coarse prominent light brown (7.5YR 6/4); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02043; wet, satiated when described;. Lenses of gravel and sand.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532592; continuous - phpvsfiid 532592
    Bgx2—53 to 114 centimeters (20.9 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly coarse sandy loam; structureless massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 11 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent coarse distinct light reddish brown (5YR 6/3); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02044; wet, satiated when described;