IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dekalb
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 427
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA065002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 427
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA065002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44351
  • Print Date: 5/2/2024

    • 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: 41.3180556
  • Std. Longitude: -78.9908333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 75 ft W of road marker 10/20 and 80 ft N of dirt road to Heath Station & Clear Creek St Park
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA065—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41078-C8—Munderf, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, J. Zarachansky, J. Steptus, C. Engle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dekalb
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dekalb
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/6/1958 ()
  • 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

    2MOSS

    BETUL

    FAGUS

    GAPR2

    KALA

    POTR5

    QUAL

    QURU

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    Betula

    Fagus

    Gaultheria procumbens

    Kalmia latifolia

    Populus tremuloides

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Moss

    birch

    beech

    eastern teaberry

    mountain laurel

    quaking aspen

    white oak

    northern red oak

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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

    27

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    469

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    0

    1050

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    8.8

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (N 2/0) interior; 35 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03223. Organic matter and decomposed leaf litter.
    A—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior channery loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 35 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03224
    AB—18 to 26 centimeters (7.1 to 10.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; faint clay films; 35 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03225. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533358; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533358
    Bw1—26 to 49 centimeters (10.2 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; faint clay films; 35 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03226. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533359; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533359
    Bw2—49 to 64 centimeters (19.3 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery sandy clay loam; weak medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; 35 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03227. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533360; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533360
    BC—64 to 82 centimeters (25.2 to 32.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery sandy clay loam; weak medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03228. continuous - phpvsfiid 533361; continuous - phpvsfiid 533361
    C—82 to 89 centimeters (32.3 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery loam; structureless massive; friable; faint clay films; 90 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03229. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533362; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533362