IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wheeling
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA097008
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA097008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA097008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44581
  • Print Date: 4/19/2024

    • 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: 41.1386111
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8797222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.5 mi NNW of Watsontown, in old Orchard on Robert Foresman Farm, 50 ft W of T630 and 0.5 mi N of junc. of T630 and T645.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA097—Northumberland
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA097—Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-B8—Montoursville South, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: I. W. Ratcliff, C. D. Kohler, G. D. Yoder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheeling
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheeling
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 75 in/hr of percolation rate and 75 in/hr of percolation rate and 82.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 90 in/hr of percolation rate and 34.26 in/hr of percolation rate and 47.16 in/hr of percolation rate and 60 in/hr of percolation rate and 75 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/1974 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop shrubs
  • 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

    1

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    177

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    270

    1000

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    9.9

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    Oa—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (N 2/0) interior; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04888
    Ap1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04889
    Ap2—18 to 31 centimeters (7.1 to 12.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior very fine sandy loam; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04890
    Bt1—31 to 56 centimeters (12.2 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04891
    Bt2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04892
    BC—84 to 105 centimeters (33.1 to 41.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04893
    2C1—105 to 110 centimeters (41.3 to 43.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04894
    2C2—110 to 127 centimeters (43.3 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loamy sand; structureless massive; loose, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04895
    2C3—127 to 148 centimeters (50.0 to 58.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loamy fine sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04896
    2C4—148 to 171 centimeters (58.3 to 67.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior loamy fine sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04897
    2C5—171 to 201 centimeters (67.3 to 79.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loamy fine sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04898
    2C6—201 to 234 centimeters (79.1 to 92.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04899