IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lobdell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 32
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA005005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA005005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44232
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 40.6722222
  • Std. Longitude: -79.3252778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Kimmel farm, 700 ft E of jct of Crooked Creek & Plum Creek, 50 ft N of trees, 2 mi SE of Elderton, Plum Creek
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA005—Armstrong
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-F3—Elderton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Grice, R. Smith, G. Latshaw
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active Fluvaquentic Dystrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lobdell
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Philo
  • Classificaton Date - 7/3/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 30 in/hr of percolation rate and 30 in/hr of percolation rate and 30 in/hr of percolation rate and 60 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/3/1968 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    —

    293

    —

    180

    1050

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    9.6

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00214
    Ap2—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00215
    Bw1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00216
    Bw2—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00217
    Bw3—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00218
    Bw4—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 60 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00219
    2C1—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 60 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00220
    3C2—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior gravelly loamy sand; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent black (N 2/0) coats; 25 percent by volume ? to 265-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00221. Some black coatings.
    4C3—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00222. 4 cm lens of light gray (10YR 6/1).
    5C4—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior gravelly loam; structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 60 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00223