IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tilsit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 34
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA005007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 34
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA005007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44254
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 40.6700000
  • Std. Longitude: -79.3233333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Kimmel farm, 400 ft N of large sycamore tree, .5 mi S of farm bldgs, 2 mi SE of Elderton, Plum Creek Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA005—Armstrong
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-F3—Elderton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Classificaton Date - 7/4/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.67 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.83 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.33 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/4/1968 ()
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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

    0

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    305

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    0

    1050

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    9.6

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00232
    Bt1—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00233. Structure tending to be platy in upper part.
    Bt2—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU00234. Structure tends to be platy in lower part.
    Bx1—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak coarse blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) and 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00235. Prism faces are light gray (10YR 7/2).
    Bx2—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) and 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00236. Prism faces are pale brown (10YR 6/3).
    Bx3—109 to 147 centimeters (42.9 to 57.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00237. Prism faces are pale brown (10YR 6/3).
    Bx4—147 to 175 centimeters (57.9 to 68.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00238. Prism faces are pale brown (10YR 6/3).
    2C—175 to 183 centimeters (68.9 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face loam; moderate medium platy, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films and 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00239. Prism faces as above.