IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nolin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA027097
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA027097
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 229
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA027097
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44131
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 40.8233333
  • Std. Longitude: -77.8388889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.9 km E of intersection of LR 14039 and 14050 along Spring Cr. near Houserville (Bilzi, 1976 M.S.).
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA027—Centre
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA027—Centre County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-G7—State College, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Bilzi, T. Simpson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed Fluventic Eutrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 97
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nolin
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nolin
  • Classificaton Date - 9/7/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/7/1974 ()
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POPR

    Poa pratensis

    Kentucky bluegrass

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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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    280

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    90

    1000

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    9.6

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium continuous tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01716
    Bw1—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium continuous tubular pores; 14 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on surfaces along pores and 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01717. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532460; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532460
    Bw2—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium continuous tubular pores; 14 percent distinct on surfaces along pores and 14 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on surfaces along pores and 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01718
    BC—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium continuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent distinct on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01719
    Ab—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium continuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent distinct on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01720
    Bwb1—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium continuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01721
    Bwb2—89 to 97 centimeters (35.0 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium continuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01722
    2C—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium continuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 65 percent by volume limestone-sandstone fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01723