IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Linden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976PA027099
  • User Pedon ID: 1976PA027099
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 231
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 76PA027099
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44134
  • 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: 40.9605556
  • Std. Longitude: -78.1619444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 km E of Casanova Vill. 200 m N of Twp Rt 323 along Moshannon Creek; Centre County PA
  • 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: 40078-H2—Philipsburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. J. Ciolkosz, R. C. Cronce, E. R. Stein
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Fluventic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 99
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Linden
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Linden
  • Classificaton Date - 4/17/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 4/17/1976 ()
  • 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

    2GA

    PINUS

    QUERC

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    Pinus

    Quercus

    Grass, annual

    pine

    oak

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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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    420

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    180

    1100

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    9.1

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01737
    Ap2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior very fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01738
    Bw1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01739. Dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) ped faces.
    Bw2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01740. Films are on prism faces; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) ped faces.
    BC—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01741. Films are on prism faces.
    C1—74 to 114 centimeters (29.1 to 44.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior very fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01742
    C2—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01743
    C3—140 to 150 centimeters (55.1 to 59.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior and black (N 2/0) interior gravelly loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 60 percent medium and coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01744. black (N 2/0) coatings on gravel.
    C4—150 to 160 centimeters (59.1 to 63.0 inches); black (N 2/0) interior very gravelly sand; structureless single grain; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01745
    C5—160 to 190 centimeters (63.0 to 74.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and black (N 2/0) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior very gravelly sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01746. "Also black (N 2/0) coatings on coarse gravel, strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) coating on medium gravel"
    C6—190 to 282 centimeters (74.8 to 111.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and black (N 2/0) interior and red (2.5YR 5/6) interior very gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01747; wet, satiated when described;