IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Tioga
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1964PA043001
User Pedon ID:
1964PA043001
Vegetation Plot ID:
319
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
64PA043001
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
44231
Print Date:
5/11/2024
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:
40.4233333
Std. Longitude:
-77.0000000
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Near Amity Hall, 12 mi NW of Harrisburg, Reed Twp.
State:
Pennsylvania
County:
PA043—Dauphin
MLRA:
147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
PA043—Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
40077-D1—Duncannon, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
F. Loughry, J. Cary, R. Googins, R. Kinnard
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed Dystric Fluventic Eutrochrepts
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PSU
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Tioga
Classificaton Date -
5/7/2012
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Ashton
Classificaton Date -
6/22/1964
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Field Measured Properties:
10 in/hr of percolation rate and 17 in/hr of percolation rate and 20 in/hr of percolation rate and 21 in/hr of percolation rate and 24 in/hr of percolation rate and 24 in/hr of percolation rate and 28 in/hr of percolation rate
SITE
Landscape:
plateau
Landform:
flood plain
Runoff:
very low
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/22/1964 ()
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
PHLEU
Phleum
timothy
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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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110
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0
1000
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10.4
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Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02391. 5% on surface.
AB—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium platy, and moderate fine and medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02392. Slightly firm in plow pan.
Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 14 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02393
Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02394. Thin silt clay bridges and in pores.
Bt3—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02395
BC1—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02396
BC2—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loamy fine sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02397. Thin bands of B.
BC3—114 to 122 centimeters (44.9 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; faint manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02398
BC4—122 to 145 centimeters (48.0 to 57.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02399
2BC5—145 to 155 centimeters (57.1 to 61.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 60 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02400. Or loose; silt and clay caps.
2C—155 to 178 centimeters (61.0 to 70.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior very cobbly sand; structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 85 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02401. Or loose; silt and clay caps few and patchy silt and clay films; 85% coarse fragments up to 24 inches; limestone ghosts.