IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelmadine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA037002
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA037002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 283
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA037002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44191
  • 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: 41.1183333
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4588889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 mi SW of Rohrsburg, 5001 W of house and 50' from edge of road, 100 ft E of black oak; P McKenna farm
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA037—Columbia
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA037—Columbia County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-A4—Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P.Parrish,F.Loughry,R.Matelski,W.Steputis,C.Engle,E.Mason,R.Shipp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiaquults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelmadine
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelmadine
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1959 ()
  • 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

    TRPR2

    Trifolium pratense

    red 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

    1

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    189

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    0

    1050

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    9.8

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent coarse distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02118. Mottles from lower horizon mixing; some slight platiness.
    BAg—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 11 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 5/1); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02119. Partial thin clay films.
    Btg—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium and coarse distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 11 percent medium and coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 11 percent medium and coarse distinct gray (5Y 5/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02120
    Bgx1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silty clay loam; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 11 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 11 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 5/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02121. Tops of polygons breaking to moderate medium blocky with some platiness near top; silt and fine sand coatings on polygon surfaces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532673; continuous - phpvsfiid 532673
    Bgx2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silty clay; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct gray (5Y 5/1) and 11 percent coarse distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 11 percent coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02122. Polygons breaking to moderate medium blocky structure.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532674; continuous - phpvsfiid 532674
    Bgx3—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium and coarse distinct gray (5Y 6/1) and 11 percent medium and coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02123. Polygons breaking to moderate medium to coarse platy structure; firm in place.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532675; continuous - phpvsfiid 532676; continuous - phpvsfiid 532675; continuous - phpvsfiid 532676
    Bgx4—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior silty clay loam; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); 8 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02124. Polygons breaking to weakn medium and coarse platy structure.
    C—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; black (N 2/0) coats on all faces of peds and 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium prominent gray (N 6/0) and 11 percent medium prominent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) and 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 10 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02125