IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarksburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972PA075007
  • User Pedon ID: 1972PA075007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 72PA075007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44428
  • 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: 40.2975000
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3083333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.5 mi S of Iowa, 0.2 mi S on Crest Rd. with intersection with of Rt. 38009 and 200 ft west into field.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA075—Lebanon
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA075—Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-C3—Richland, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz, D. Holzer, D. Grice
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarksburg
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarksburg
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/1972 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    4

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    165

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    180

    1100

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; 5 percent by volume quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03881
    BA—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03882
    Bt—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent fine and medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6); 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03883
    Bx1—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate thick platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 60 percent fine and medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6); 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03884. continuous - phpvsfiid 533707; continuous - phpvsfiid 533707
    Bx2—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate thick platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03885. continuous - phpvsfiid 533709; continuous - phpvsfiid 533709
    BC1—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/2) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 38 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 11 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03886. continuous - phpvsfiid 533710; continuous - phpvsfiid 533710
    BC2—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 38 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent coarse distinct reddish gray (5YR 5/2) and 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03887. patchy - phpvsfiid 533711; continuous - phpvsfiid 533712; patchy - phpvsfiid 533711; continuous - phpvsfiid 533712
    C1—157 to 190 centimeters (61.8 to 74.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellow (10YR 7/6) interior silt loam; structureless massive, and weak very coarse prismatic; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03888. continuous - phpvsfiid 533714; continuous - phpvsfiid 533714
    C2—190 to 206 centimeters (74.8 to 81.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and yellow (10YR 7/6) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 38 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 10 percent by volume quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03889. continuous - phpvsfiid 533715; continuous - phpvsfiid 533715
    C3—206 to 224 centimeters (81.1 to 88.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and yellow (10YR 7/6) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 38 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 10 percent by volume quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03890. continuous - phpvsfiid 533717; continuous - phpvsfiid 533717
    C4—224 to 236 centimeters (88.2 to 92.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and yellow (10YR 7/6) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior silt loam; structureless massive, and weak very coarse prismatic; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 38 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 10 percent by volume quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03891. continuous - phpvsfiid 533719; continuous - phpvsfiid 533719