Pennsylvania Soil Information
Here we provide information to help understand soils and in conducting land-use decision making.
- Site also includes a detailed color educational guide to hydric soil indicators for the Mid-Atlantic region
- Agronomy Series #88: Geology and Soils of Nittany Valley PDF
- Agronomy Series #90: Collection of Papers Describing and Documenting the Soil Survey of Pennsylvania PDF
- Agronomy Series #92: Periglacial Features in Pennsylvania PDF
- Agronomy Series #100: Paleosols in Pennsylvania PDF
- Agronomy Series #103: Distribution of Soils of the Northeastern United States PDF
- Agronomy Series #108: Color and Mottling in Pennsylvania Soils PDF
- Agronomy Series #116: Geomorphology and Soils of the Northeastern United States and Pennsylvania: A series of Reprints PDF
- Agronomy Series #132: Listing of Characterized Soils in Pennsylvania PDF
- Agronomy Series #133: Cambic Horizons in Pennsylvania Soils PDF
- Agronomy Series #135: Genesis of Pennsylvania’s Limestone Soils PDF
- Agronomy Series #139: Epipedons Pennsylvania Soils PDF
- Agronomy Series #140: Metals Data for Pennsylvania Soils PDF
- Agronomy Series #145: Pennsylvania State University Soil Characterization Laboratory Database System Documentation PDF
- Agronomy Series #146: Radiocarbon Data for Pennsylvania Soils PDF
- Agronomy Series #147: Pennsylvania’s Fragipans PDF
- Agronomy Series #148: Major and Trace Elements in Southwestern Pennsylvania Soils PDF
- Agronomy Series #149: The pH Base Saturation Relationships of Pennsylvania Subsoils PDF
- Soil Climate Regimes of Pennsylvania PDF
Soils, Landscapes and Effluent Disposal
Basic soil information is vital for many homeowners and landowners in Pennsylvania. In 1989, Dr. Ed Ciolkosz and Dr. Dan Fritton worked to create the following video helping landowners and sewage enforcement owners understand some of the basics of soils, landscapes and how they are important in disposing of effluent from septic systems. The video is targeted to the Ridge and Valley province of Pennsylvania, but provides very useful base knowledge of soils and landscapes
