IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tilsit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 117
  • User Pedon ID: 1969PA019009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 117
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 69PA019009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43457
  • 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: 40.7283333
  • Std. Longitude: -79.8122222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 1/2 mi S of Saxonburg, 3 mi W of Saraville and 3 mi SW of Hannahstown.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA019—Butler
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-F7—Curtisville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey and R. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • 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 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/11/1969 ()
  • 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

    2

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    393

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    180

    1000

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    9.2

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00869
    Bt1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00870. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531845; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531845
    Bt2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine blocky, and weak platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00871. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531846; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531846
    Bx1—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and black (N 2/0) broken face silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along pores and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00872
    Bx2—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and black (N 2/0) broken face silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00873; wet, satiated when described;
    Bx3—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and gray (N 6/0) exterior and light gray (N 7/0) broken face silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent light gray (N 7/0) clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent fine prominent gray (N 6/0); 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00874; wet, satiated when described;
    C—147 to 163 centimeters (57.9 to 64.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and gray (N 6/0) broken face silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent fine prominent gray (N 6/0); 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00875; wet, satiated when described;
    R—163 to 178 centimeters (64.2 to 70.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU00876; wet, satiated when described;. Partially weathered shale bedrock.