IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clymer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998PA129123
  • User Pedon ID: 98PA129123
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0067
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12958
  • 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: 40.3402786
  • Std. Longitude: -79.0236130
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Laurel Ridge
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA129—Westmoreland
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA129—Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-C1—Rachelwood, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WRK
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 123
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clymer
  • Classificaton Date - 10/14/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Mountain formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); silt loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20.0 very fine roots and medium roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine roots and coarse roots; medium high-continuity tubular and 4.0 fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00328
    Bt—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); very channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and coarse roots; medium high-continuity tubular and 2.0 fine pores; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00329. patchy - phpvsfiid 203812; patchy - phpvsfiid 203812
    BC—38 to 76 centimeters (15.0 to 29.9 inches); very channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and coarse roots; 1 percent fine irregular ; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00330
    C—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); extremely channery loamy sand; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2.