IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Readington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 864
  • User Pedon ID: 1957PA133004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 864
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 57PA133004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45386
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.0402778
  • Std. Longitude: -76.7850000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Wicke farm 450 ft from the NE boundary 0.13 mi N of Rt 66002, 4 mi NE of Dover.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA133—York
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-A7—Dover, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Pedersen, F. Loughry, R. Matelski, R. Smith, J. Noll
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Readington
  • PSC - 48 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/2016
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Readington
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/1957
  • 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: 10/8/1957 ()
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    bedrock, lithic

    noncoherent

    strongly coherent

    46 - 91

    91 - 117

    - 45 -

    - 26 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    fragipan

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    lithic contact

    0—28

    28—46

    28—91

    46—91

    74—91

    74—91

    91—117

    —28—

    —18—

    —63—

    —45—

    —17—

    —17—

    —26—
    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

    —

    —

    125

    —

    0

    950

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    10.7

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06473
    BA—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; fine blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent fine faint reddish brown (5YR 5/4); fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06474
    Bt1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium platy, and fine blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium distinct light reddish brown (5YR 6/3); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06475. Some silt and clay coats in root channels.
    Bt2—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and 11 percent medium distinct pink (5YR 7/3); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06476. Silt coatings on prism faces and thin clay coats on other surfaces.
    Bx1—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) exterior loam; fine and medium blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, moderately plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06477
    Bx2—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm, slightly plastic; brittle; 1 percent coarse distinct light gray (5YR 7/1); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06478
    R—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) interior bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # PSU06479. Reddish brown and dusky red siltstone and some sandstone.