IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tilsit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 118
  • User Pedon ID: 1969PA019010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 118
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 69PA019010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43458
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 40.7594444
  • Std. Longitude: -79.7794444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 mi E of Saxonburg, 3/4 mi SE of Hannahstown.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA019—Butler
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-G7—Saxonburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey and R. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active Aquic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 10
  • 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 - 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 0.7 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.7 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 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 - hayland
  • 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

    2FORB

    2GA

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    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    Grass, annual

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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

    1

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    408

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    270

    1000

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    9.1

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00877
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00878. patchy - phpvsfiid 531852; patchy - phpvsfiid 531852
    Bt2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00879
    Bx1—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior silt loam; very strong fine blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); 3 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00880. patchy - phpvsfiid 531854; patchy - phpvsfiid 531854
    Bx2—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 14 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 2 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00881. patchy - phpvsfiid 531856; patchy - phpvsfiid 531857; patchy - phpvsfiid 531856; patchy - phpvsfiid 531857
    Bx3—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and gray (5Y 6/1) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 1 percent fine distinct gray (5Y 6/1); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00882
    Bsx4—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and light gray (N 7/0) broken face silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments; 60 percent medium distinct black (N 2/0); 60 percent iron concretions; 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00883
    R—155 to 183 centimeters (61.0 to 72.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00884