IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mined land
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1966PA107009
  • User Pedon ID: 1966PA107009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 697
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 66PA107009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45200
  • 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: 40.7516667
  • Std. Longitude: -76.1455556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 133 ft N of power tower HOF163, 0.2 mi W of 53087, 3.45mi NE of PA 61 in Saint Clair.
  • 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, G. Latshaw, D. Beltz
  • Current Taxon Kind: miscellaneous area
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mined land
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Natalie
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.79 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.82 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.14 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.14 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.42 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 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

    QUIL

    VACCI

    Quercus ilicifolia

    Vaccinium

    bear 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

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    468

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    180

    1200

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    9

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05380
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05381
    E—5 to 38 centimeters (2.0 to 15.0 inches); gray (N 6/0) interior, white (10YR 8/1) interior, dry; very stony loamy sand; structureless single grain; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05382
    Bh—38 to 43 centimeters (15.0 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) interior gravelly loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # PSU05383
    Bs—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05384
    E'—51 to 63 centimeters (20.1 to 24.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2); 45 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05385
    B'gx—63 to 94 centimeters (24.8 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 45 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05386
    B'gx—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior extremely gravelly silt loam; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 14 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments and 14 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 70 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05387
    2C—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior extremely gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 85 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05388