IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clymer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1966PA107005
  • User Pedon ID: 1966PA107005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 693
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 66PA107005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44646
  • 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: 40.8013889
  • Std. Longitude: -76.1516667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.18 mi W of the intersection of 53119 and 53035, 0.15 mi N of New Boston.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA107—Schuylkill
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA107—Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-G2—Shenandoah, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, L. Staley, D. Beltz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clymer
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leetonia
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 4 in/hr of percolation rate and 4.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 7.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 7.5 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 32.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/2/1966 ()
  • 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

    MYAS

    QUPR2

    VACCI

    Myrica aspleniifolia

    Quercus prinus

    Vaccinium

    —

    chestnut oak

    blueberry

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    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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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

    6

    —

    —

    509

    —

    0

    1200

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    8.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU05340
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05341
    E—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior loamy sand; structureless single grain; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05342
    Bh—28 to 30 centimeters (11.0 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior loam; weak fine platy, and moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05343
    Bs—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05344
    Bw—43 to 81 centimeters (16.9 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05345
    BC—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 11 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 25 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05346
    C—112 to 168 centimeters (44.1 to 66.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior very gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium prominent light gray (N 7/0) and 60 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 75 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05347