IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Penn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 869
  • User Pedon ID: 1957PA133009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 869
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 57PA133009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45391
  • 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: 39.9527778
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8719444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Wicke farm 475 ft WSW from the NE corner of the farm. .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: 39076-H7—West York, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Pedersen, F. Loughry, R. Matelski, R. Smith, J. Noll
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Penn
  • PSC - 20 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/15/2017
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Penn
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: lowland
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1957 ()
  • 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

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—51

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    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

    5

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    122

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    90

    1050

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    10.7

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU06505
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint coats on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06506. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1312308; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1312308
    Bt2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky; distinct coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06507. Some etching of the coatings.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1312309; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1312309
    BCt—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky; coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # PSU06508. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1312310; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1312310
    Ct—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior silt loam; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU06509. Consisting mainly of siltstone and fine sandstone with prominent clay coats on the fragments.