IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elliber
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970PA087001
  • User Pedon ID: 1970PA087001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 589
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 70PA087001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44530
  • 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: 40.5800000
  • Std. Longitude: -77.6383333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.7 mi on Ridge Rd. from Bratotn Ave. intersec. in Lewistown to intersec. of Rt. 44038 2.6 mi on 44036.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA087—Mifflin
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA605—Juniata and Mifflin Counties, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-E6—Belleville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Farley, D. Grice
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elliber
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elliber
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.38 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.53 in/hr of percolation rate and 14.4 in/hr of percolation rate and 53.09 in/hr of percolation rate and 57.27 in/hr of percolation rate and 90.05 in/hr of percolation rate and 95.63 in/hr of percolation rate and 111.71 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/1970 ()
  • 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

    2GA

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    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

    10

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    326

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    45

    1000

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    —

    —

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    9.6

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04557. 70 percent chert fragments less than 3 inches.
    E—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04558. 80% chert fragments mostly less than 3 inches.
    BA—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04559. 65% chert fragments mostly less than 3 ihcnes. Common silt films.
    Bt1—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04560. Common silt films. 90% chert fragments.
    Bt2—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 70 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04561. Thin manganese coatings on a few chert fragments. 90% chert fragments.
    BCt1—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 70 percent clay films on rock fragments; 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04562. Thin manganese coatings on most chert fragments. 90% chert fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 534259; patchy - phpvsfiid 534259
    BCt2—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 70 percent clay films on rock fragments; 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04563. Thin manganese coatings on most chert fragments. 90% chert fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 534260; patchy - phpvsfiid 534260
    C—155 to 180 centimeters (61.0 to 70.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films on rock fragments; 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04564. Thin manganese coatings on chert fragments. 90% chert fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 534261; patchy - phpvsfiid 534261