IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hagerstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004PA027003
  • User Pedon ID: 04PA027003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0805
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16723
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 40.9363899
  • Std. Longitude: -77.6497192
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Paul Salon Soil quality study: Dietrich Farm - Walizer Road - Centre Co.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA027—Centre
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA027—Centre County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.E., T.C., Y.P., M.Mc
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 22 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/6/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from limestone and dolomite
  • Landscape: limestone and dolomite valley
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: limestone, unspecified
  • Geology: Axemann Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/6/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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

    2

    80

    60

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    240

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    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04534; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—22 to 42 centimeters (8.7 to 16.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04535; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—42 to 75 centimeters (16.5 to 29.5 inches); silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04536; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—75 to 106 centimeters (29.5 to 41.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) broken face clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent very dark gray (5YR 3/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04537; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—106 to 129 centimeters (41.7 to 50.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) broken face silty clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent very dark gray (5YR 3/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # 04N04538; observed in pit, small