IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Readington

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 862

User Pedon ID: 1957PA133002

Vegetation Plot ID: 862

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - PSU

Lab Pedon # - 57PA133002

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45384

Print Date: 2/2/2025

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: 39.9875000

Std. Longitude: -76.8591667

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: 190 ft SE of Rt 66002 in the second strip from the SW corner of the farm 1 mi SW of Dover.

Country: US—United States

State: Pennsylvania

County: PA133—York

MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39076-H7—West York, Pennsylvania

PEDON

Describers Name: E. Pedersen, F. Loughry, R. Matelski, R. Smith, J. Noll

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: PSU

Pedon #: 2

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Readington

PSC - 23 to 38 cm.

Classificaton Date - 3/11/2016

Classifier - David Verdone

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Readington

Classificaton Date - 10/7/1957

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 2

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 2

QA Status: level 2

SITE

Landscape: lowland

Runoff: very low

Drainage Class: moderately well

Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/7/1957 ()

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
PHLEU TRIFO	Phleum Trifolium	timothy clover	— —	— —	— —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
fragipan	noncoherent	38 - 76	- 38 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon aquic conditions redox concentrations redox depletions with chroma 2 or less fragipan	0—23 23—38 23—48 30—48 30—48 38—76	—23— —15— —25— —18— —18— —38—

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	—	—	152	—	180	1000	—	—	—	—	—	10.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06457. Dry color is light reddish brown (5YR 6/3).

Bt1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent fine distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 1 percent fine distinct pinkish gray (5YR 6/2); 5 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06458. Few sandstone and siltstone fragments and concretions.

Bt2—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06459. Few sandstone fragments up to 15 mm in diameter.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1491689; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1491689

Bx1—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; distinct coats on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium distinct pinkish gray (5YR 6/2); 5 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06460

Bx2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 15 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06461. "Brown and gray streaks, mottles and coatings on some ped faces. 10% shale fragments."

Bx3—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); dusky red (10R 3/3) interior channery silt loam; moderate medium blocky structure; firm; brittle; 50 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU06462. Structure modified by shale. Some iron and mangaese coatings on shale and ped faces. 50% shiltsteone fragments.

C1—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); dusky red (10R 3/3) interior silty clay loam; platy structure; very firm; 80 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06463. Common clay coatings and about 20% silt loam in interstices.

C2—91 to 142 centimeters (35.8 to 55.9 inches); dusky red (10R 3/3) interior silt loam; platy structure; very firm; 80 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU06464. Few clay and abundant iron and manganese coatings.