IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelmadine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA037006
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA037006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 287
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA037006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44195
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 41.1258333
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4338889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.75 mi SW of Rohrsburg; 1st Rd S off Rt 254 W of Rohrsburg 5/8 mi S on this Rd, 950 ft W on lane 215 ft N.
  • 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-B4—Benton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.Loughry, R.Matelski, P.Parrish, C.Engle, E.Mason, W.Steputis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiaquults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelmadine
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelmadine
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/1959 ()
  • 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

    AMAR2

    TRPR2

    Ambrosia artemisiifolia

    Trifolium pratense

    annual ragweed

    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

    3

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    192

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    225

    1050

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak medium platy, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02148
    Eg—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 60 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02149
    BEg—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 60 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02150. Partial clay films and silt and fine sand coatings on the peds.
    Btg1—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); gray (N 6/0) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse blocky, and weak fine blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 60 percent coarse prominent reddish gray (5YR 5/2); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02151. Many partial clay films and fine sand coatings on the peds; roots occur to 22 inches.
    Btg2—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak blocky, and weak fine platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent gray (5Y 5/1) and 60 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02152
    Bgx—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; firm; brittle; 14 percent clay films; 11 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent coarse distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02153. Polygons breaking to weak fine and medium platy structure; some reddish coatings on the peds.
    2BC—99 to 107 centimeters (39.0 to 42.1 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior loam; structureless massive; friable; 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02154. Partial clay films in pores.
    2C1—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 14 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02155. A few streaks of strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and gray (10YR 6/1).
    2C2—119 to 147 centimeters (46.9 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very fine sand; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02156. A few faint streaks of dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4).