IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hagerstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004PA027004
  • User Pedon ID: 04PA027004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0806
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16724
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 40.9113884
  • Std. Longitude: -77.6961136
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Paul Salon Soil Quality study: Tom Craig Farm.This site straddles two geologic formations 0 Nittany formation (Dolomite and Chert) and the Axemann Formation (Limestone).
  • 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., Y.P., T.C., M McD.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 33 to 83 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 residuum weathered from limestone and dolomite
  • Landscape: limestone and dolomite valley
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: limestone, unspecified
  • Geology: Nittany Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/6/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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

    200

    100

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    95

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    Ap—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat limestone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04539; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—33 to 49 centimeters (13.0 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04540; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—49 to 70 centimeters (19.3 to 27.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay loam, silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04541; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—70 to 90 centimeters (27.6 to 35.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04542
    Bt4—90 to 108 centimeters (35.4 to 42.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face gravelly clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # 04N04543; observed in pit, small