IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ernest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004PA061006
  • User Pedon ID: S2004PA061006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0350
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17679
  • 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: 40.6646385
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9046402
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Shale Hills site near Shaver's Creek Environmental Center.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA061—Huntingdon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-F8—Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: YURI PLOWDEN
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ernest
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding
  • Bedrock: shale, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/3/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01987; moist when described; observed in trench
    AE—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01988; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bw—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01989; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01990; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 277966; continuous - phpvsfiid 277966
    2C—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face extremely channery sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; 0.8 coarse roots around fragments; 80 percent by volume flat 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01991; moist when described; observed in trench
    3C—84 to 92 centimeters (33.1 to 36.2 inches); 60 percent light reddish gray (2.5YR 7/1) broken face clay; structureless massive; friable; 0.8 coarse roots around fragments; 40 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01992; moist when described; observed in trench
    4C—92 to 132 centimeters (36.2 to 52.0 inches); 80 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face extremely channery sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 90 percent by volume flat 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01993; moist when described; observed in trench
    5C—132 to 138 centimeters (52.0 to 54.3 inches); 60 percent light reddish gray (2.5YR 7/1) broken face clay; structureless massive; friable; 40 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01994; moist when described; observed in trench
    6C—138 centimeters (54.3 inches); structureless massive; friable; 95 percent by volume flat 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 05N01995; moist when described; observed in trench