IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Andover
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958PA035013
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA035013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 271
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA035013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44178
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 41.0855556
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3863889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 50 ft W of farm lane, 550 ft S and 1.8 mi E of Rote on T353, 4.5 mi SE of Lock Haven, Lamar Twp.; Kramer 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 Fragiaquults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 13
  • 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: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/1958 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    2MOSS

    DACA6

    POA

    TRRE3

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    Daucus carota

    Poa

    Trifolium repens

    Moss

    Queen Anne's lace

    bluegrass

    white clover

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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

    8

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    299

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    0

    1000

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    9.4

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02045
    E—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02046. Some thin platy tendency.
    Bt—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; 60 percent medium prominent light gray (5Y 7/2) and 60 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02047. Some thn platy tendency.
    Bgx1—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) interior silty clay loam; weak prismatic, and weak fine blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; brittle; 0.5 roots; 60 percent coarse prominent light gray (N 7/0) and 60 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02048. Some platy tendency.
    Bgx2—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) interior clay loam; moderate prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 60 percent coarse prominent gray (N 6/0) and 60 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02049. Some platiness.
    Bgx3—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; structureless massive; very firm, moderately sticky; brittle; manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent gray (N 6/0); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02050. Some tendency toward thin plates.