IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Andover
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981PA027064
  • User Pedon ID: 1981PA027064
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 204
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 81PA027064
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44104
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 40.7858333
  • Std. Longitude: -77.6480556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Geary Farm, 1.75 mi E of Tusseyville on US 322, 0.75 SE on secondary road and 0.25 mi upslope in woods (Hoover, 1983 Ph.D.)
  • 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-G6—Centre Hall, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Hoover
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiaquults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 64
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Andover
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Andover
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1981 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree 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

    2SD

    2TD

    2TN

    TSCA

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    Tsuga canadensis

    Shrub, deciduous

    Tree, deciduous

    Tree, needleleaf (coniferous)

    eastern hemlock

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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

    9

    —

    —

    395

    —

    315

    1000

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    9.2

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01504
    Eg—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01505
    Btg1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); pale red (2.5YR 7/2) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 fine roots; 60 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # PSU01506
    Btg2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 60 percent medium and coarse prominent pale red (2.5YR 6/2) and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01507
    Btg3—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 60 percent medium and coarse prominent pale red (2.5YR 6/2) and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # PSU01508
    2Btx1—56 to 107 centimeters (22.0 to 42.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face clay loam; weak medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent black stains on all faces of peds; 60 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 60 percent fine distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) and 60 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 1 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01509. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532300; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532300
    2Btx2—107 to 206 centimeters (42.1 to 81.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; weak medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent black stains; 1 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01510. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532302; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532302
    3Bt—206 to 302 centimeters (81.1 to 118.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior gravelly clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 38 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent black stains on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # PSU01511. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532304; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532304