IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clymer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965PA063002
  • User Pedon ID: S1965PA063002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 61PA063055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44345
  • 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: 40.8694444
  • Std. Longitude: -79.0319444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • PLSS Details: North Mahoning Township
  • Location Description: This site is located in a field 3/4 miles north-northwest of Marchand, North Mahoning Township, 600 feet northwest of the junction of L.R. 32110 with a farm land on north side of road which is 1/2 mile west of junction of L. R. 21110 with U.S. Route 119.
  • Map Unit: ClB—Clymer channery loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA063—Indiana
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MAT—Marietta, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA063—Indiana County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40079-G1—Marion Center, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jay Weaver
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clymer (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 20 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/2014
  • Classifier - Richard Jones
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy residuum weathered from sandstone
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated sandstone, unspecified at 127cm
  • Geology: Glenshaw formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/2014 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    127 - 152

    - 25 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—20

    20—61

    127—152

    —20—

    —41—

    —25—
    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

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    458.7

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) channery loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 20 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.
    BC—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very channery sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 40 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear irregular boundary.
    C—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely channery coarse sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 80 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.
    R—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.