IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laidig
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA035017
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA035017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 275
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA035017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44182
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 41.0438889
  • Std. Longitude: -77.1597222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 140 ft NW of power line at Carroll White Deer Creek Rd., 0.6 mi W of Clinton-Union Co. Line, Tea Springs.
  • 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 Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Laidig
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Laidig
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/1959 ()
  • 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

    GAPR2

    KALA

    QUAL

    QURU

    Gaultheria procumbens

    Kalmia latifolia

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    eastern teaberry

    mountain laurel

    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

    13

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    451

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    180

    1000

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    8.9

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    Oa—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02076. Loamy organic matter.
    E—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02077
    EB—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) interior loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02078
    BE—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; faint clay films; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02079. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532611; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532611
    Bt1—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable; 3.0 roots; faint clay films; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02080. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532612; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532612
    Bt2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films; 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02081. continuous - phpvsfiid 532613; continuous - phpvsfiid 532613
    Bx1—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; faint clay films and 14 percent clay films between sand grains; 70 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02082. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532614; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532614
    Bx2—114 to 157 centimeters (44.9 to 61.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; faint clay films; 60 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 60 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); 70 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02083. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532616; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532616
    C—157 to 173 centimeters (61.8 to 68.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02084. Some clay nodules.