IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clymer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1966PA107006
  • User Pedon ID: 1966PA107006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 694
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 66PA107006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44647
  • 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: 40.7358333
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3088889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.1 mi W of 53001, 2.3 mi N of 53095, 2.6 mi from Heckscherville.
  • 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-F3—Minersville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, L. Staley, D. Beltz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 6
  • 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: 1.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.63 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 4.75 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: very 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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    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

    2

    —

    —

    494

    —

    0

    1150

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    —

    —

    —

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    9

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05348
    Oa—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); black (5Y 2/1) interior; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05349
    E—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior gravelly loamy sand; structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05350
    Bh—26 to 28 centimeters (10.2 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # PSU05351
    Bs—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior gravelly loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05352
    Bw1—36 to 59 centimeters (14.2 to 23.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 25 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05353
    Bw2—59 to 74 centimeters (23.2 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 55 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05354
    E'—74 to 92 centimeters (29.1 to 36.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior extremely gravelly loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 70 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05355
    B'w—92 to 148 centimeters (36.2 to 58.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 75 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05356
    C—148 to 186 centimeters (58.3 to 73.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior extremely gravelly sandy loam; structureless single grain; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 95 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05357