IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Linden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA081014
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA081014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 527
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA081014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44462
  • Print Date: 5/17/2024

    • 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: 41.1775000
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8325000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lycoming Co., 3 mi N of Montgomery on Rt. 405, 1 mi E on farm lane S of Koppers Plant Office.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA081—Lycoming
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA081—Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-B7—Muncy, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: I. W. Ratcliff, P. H. Parrish, R. L. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Fluventic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Linden
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Linden
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 14.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 15 in/hr of percolation rate and 24 in/hr of percolation rate and 27 in/hr of percolation rate and 28.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 29.22 in/hr of percolation rate and 30 in/hr of percolation rate and 35.25 in/hr of percolation rate


    • 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: 6/18/1974 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    TARAX

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    Taraxacum

    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    dandelion

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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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    143

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    270

    1000

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    9.8

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04098
    BA—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04099
    Bw1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04100
    Bw2—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04101
    Bw3—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04102
    BC—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04103. patchy - phpvsfiid 533861; patchy - phpvsfiid 533861
    C1—124 to 173 centimeters (48.8 to 68.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04104. "Lenses 2 to 3"" thick of brown (7.5YR 5/4)."; patchy - phpvsfiid 533862; patchy - phpvsfiid 533862
    C2—173 to 206 centimeters (68.1 to 81.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy fine sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04105
    C3—206 to 221 centimeters (81.1 to 87.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04106