IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clymer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 250
  • User Pedon ID: 1988PA033033
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 250
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88PA033033
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44155
  • Print Date: 5/2/2024

    • 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: 41.1325000
  • Std. Longitude: -78.5752778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: FROM STARTING POINT #3, RAN TRANSECT E 150 METERS. ASPECT - 321 DEGREES NW
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA033—Clearfield
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Chibirka, M. Hogue, M. Montgomery
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 33
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clymer
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1988 ()
  • 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

    ACRU

    ACSA3

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    red maple

    sugar maple

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—10

    10—79

    15—51

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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

    5

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    577

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    315

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior; rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine and fine roots top of horizon; 5.0 fine to coarse high-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06937; moist when described;
    A—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06938; moist when described;
    Bt1—13 to 27 centimeters (5.1 to 10.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior channery loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay films between sand grains and 38 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron stains on horizontal faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06939; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532538; continuous - phpvsfiid 532539; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532538; continuous - phpvsfiid 532539
    Bt2—27 to 55 centimeters (10.6 to 21.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06940; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532540; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532540
    Bt3—55 to 82 centimeters (21.7 to 32.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior channery clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 0.3 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.6 fine and medium low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06941; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532541; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532541
    BC—82 to 109 centimeters (32.3 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior extremely channery clay loam; 27 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.1 fine roots in cracks; 0.6 fine and medium low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subangular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU06942; moist when described;
    C—109 to 154 centimeters (42.9 to 60.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior extremely channery loam; 20 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine to coarse moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 11 percent medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/2); 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume subangular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06943; moist when described;
    R—154 to 164 centimeters (60.6 to 64.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU06944