LOCATION CLYMER PA+KY MD NY OH VA WV

Established Series
Rev. FAK-GDM
07/2001

CLYMER SERIES

The Clymer series consists of deep, well drained soils formed in residuum from sandstone, siltstone, and shale. They are on uplands. Slopes are dominantly 0 to 15 percent but range to 80 percent. Permeability is moderate. Mean annual precipitation is 42 inches and mean annual temperature is 52 degrees F.

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults

TYPICAL PEDON: Clymer channery loam, cultivated on a 3 to 8 percent north-facing slope. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise noted.)

Ap--0 to 8 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) channery loam, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent rock fragments; very strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (6 to 12 inches thick)

Bt1--8 to 15 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 20 percent rock fragments; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.

Bt2--15 to 24 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, plastic; common faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 40 percent rock fragments; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon ranges from 12 to 28 inches.)

BC--24 to 36 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; few distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 40 percent rock fragments; very strongly acid; clear irregular boundary. (4 to 15 inches thick)

C--36 to 50 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely channery sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 80 percent rock fragments; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 24 inches thick)

R--50 inches; gray and brown sandstone.

TYPE LOCATION: Indiana County, Pennsylvania; in a field 3/4 miles north-northwest of Marchand, North Maharine Township, 600 feet northwest of 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. 32110 with U.S. Route 119.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Solum thickness ranges from 24 to 40 inches. Depth to bedrock ranges from 40 to 60 inches. The textural control section contains more than 48 percent sand and from 18 to 30 percent clay. Rock fragments of sandstone and siltstone range from 5 to 50 percent in individual horizons in the solum and from 10 to 85 percent in the C horizon. Reaction ranges from strongly acid through extremely acid throughout.

The A horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 2 through 5, and chroma of 2 through 4. Fine-earth texture is silt loam, loam or sandy loam.

The E horizon, where present, has hue of 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 1 through 8. Fine-earth texture is silt loam, loam or sandy loam.

The B horizon has hue of 7.5YR, 10YR, or 2.5Y, value of 4 through 6, and chroma of 4 through 8. Fine-earth texture is silt loam, loam, sandy loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam. It contains more than 48 percent sand and from 18 to 30 percent clay.

The C horizon has hue of 5YR, 7.5YR, or 10YR, value of 4 through 6, and chroma of 4 through 8. Fine-earth texture is silt loam, loam, sandy loam, sandy clay loam, and clay loam.

COMPETING SERIES:Albemarle, Allegheny, Allenwood, Arcola, Arentsville, Aura, Bedington, Birdsboro, Bucks, Butano, Chester, Chetwynd, Chilmark, Collington, Edgemont, Edneytown, Elsinboro, Eubanks, Frankstown, Freehold, Gilpin, Leck Kill, Meadowville, Murrill, Nixon, QuakertownRayne, Shelocta, Shouns, Syonite, Thurmont, Ungers and Whitford series in the same family. Albemarle soils have rock fragments dominated by quartz and arkosic sandstone. Allegheny soils have water worn rock fragments and bedrock is at depths greater than 60 inches. Allenwood, Arendtsville, Birdsboro, Bucks, Butano, Eubanks, Leck Kill, Shouns, Ungers and Whitford have 5YR or redder hue in the Bt horizons. Arcola soils have greater than 50 percent silt or very fine sand in the textural control section. Gilpin, Elsinboro and Quakertown soils have less than 40 percent sand in the B horizons. Collingwood and Freehold soils contain gluconite and have more sand and less silt in the B horizon. Bedington soils have less sand and more silt. Edgemont soils contain rock fragments dominated by ignous and metamorphic rock fragments. Frankstown soils have rock fragments dominated by leached siliceous limestone or chert. Gilpin and Chilmark soils have bedrock at depths less than 40 inches. Murrill and Meadowville soils have lithological discontinuities below which there are few or no rock fragments. Nixon soils have rock fragments consisting of quartzite cobbles. Thurmont soils have rock fragments dominated by quartz and granite. Shelocta soils have 20 to 35 percent clay in the argillic horizon. Chetwynd soils have sola thicker than 50 inches.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Clymer soils are on upland ridges and hills and on sideslopes. Dominant slopes are 0 to 15 percent, but range to 80 percent. The soil formed in residuum weathered from sandstone, siltstone and interbedded shale. Climate is continental with warm summers and cold winters. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 35 to 48 inches and is evenly distributed throughout the year. Mean annual temperature ranges from 45 to 57 degrees F.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:Cookport, Lilly, Nolo, Dekalb, Gilpin, Hartleton, Hazleton and Leetonia soils are on nearby landscapes. Cookport soils are moderately well drained and Nolo soils are poorly drained. Dekalb, Hartleton and Hazleton soils contain more than 35 percent rock fragments by weight. Leetonia soils have spodic horizons. Lilly soils have siliceous mineralogy.

DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained with medium to very rapid runoff. Permeability is moderate in the solum and moderate to moderately rapid in the substratum.

USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of Clymer soils are forested. The trees are dominantly oaks, maples, some white pine, and Virginia pine. The remainder of the soil has been cleared and is used for cropland or pasture.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Mountain and Appalachian Plateau areas of Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The soil is of moderate extent.

MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE:Morgantown, West Virginia

SERIES ESTABLISHED:Indiana County, Pennsylvania, 1931.

REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and other features recognized in this pedon are:

1. Ochric epipedon - the zone from the surface of the soil to a depth of 8 inches (Ap horizon).

2. Argillic horizon - the zone from 8 to 24 inches (Bt horizon).

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.