IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laidig
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988PA107050
  • User Pedon ID: 1988PA107050
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 712
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88PA107050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45218
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 40.5244444
  • Std. Longitude: -76.2361111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: NORTH 18 WAYNE TWP., SCHUYKILL CO., PA. 2200' FROM JUNCTION OF APPALACHIAN TRAIL WITH FORT DEITRICH SNYDER MARKEY, 50 FEET NORTH OF TRAIL ASPECT N18
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA107—Schuylkill
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA107—Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Churchill
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, nonacid Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 50
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Laidig
  • PSC - 33 to 79 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: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1988 ()
  • 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

    CORA6

    KALA

    QUCO2

    QUPR2

    SAAL5

    Acer rubrum

    Cornus racemosa

    Kalmia latifolia

    Quercus coccinea

    Quercus prinus

    Sassafras albidum

    red maple

    gray dogwood

    mountain laurel

    scarlet oak

    chestnut oak

    sassafras

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—33

    33—79

    79—104

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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

    3

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    472

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine to coarse low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU07425; moist when described;
    Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine to coarse low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07426; moist when described;
    A—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior channery silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07427; moist when described;
    BE—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume angular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07428; moist when described;
    Bt1—38 to 63 centimeters (15.0 to 24.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior flaggy clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 38 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume angular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07429; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534774; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534774
    Bt2—63 to 84 centimeters (24.8 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very flaggy clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 38 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3); 20 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume angular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07430; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534775; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534775
    Bx—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very flaggy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 0.5 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 38 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 1 percent medium prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3); 30 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume angular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07431; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534776; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534776
    C—109 to 155 centimeters (42.9 to 61.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior extremely channery sandy loam; 10 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 75 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # PSU07432; moist when described;