IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lewisberry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 875
  • User Pedon ID: 1957PA133015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 875
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 57PA133015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45398
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 40.1725000
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8891667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 650 ft NE of Mt. Zion Elementary School, 170 ft E of Route 24 in woods opposite large red oak tree.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA133—York
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-B8—Lemoyne, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, J. Noll, R. Smith
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lewisberry
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lewisberry
  • Classificaton Date - 10/11/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: lowland
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/11/1957 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    ACRU

    CORNU

    FAGUS

    PIVI

    QUAL

    QUPR2

    QURU

    SAAL5

    Acer rubrum

    Cornus

    Fagus

    Pinguicula villosa

    Quercus alba

    Quercus prinus

    Quercus rubra

    Sassafras albidum

    red maple

    dogwood

    beech

    hairy butterwort

    white oak

    chestnut oak

    northern red oak

    sassafras

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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

    14

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    162

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    270

    950

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    10.6

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU06534. Oak beech and pine leaf litter ranging from 0 to 3 inches in thickness.
    Oa—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06535
    A—4 to 9 centimeters (1.6 to 3.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior very stony sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06536
    E1—9 to 19 centimeters (3.5 to 7.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior very stony sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU06537. About 20% fragments.
    E2—19 to 34 centimeters (7.5 to 13.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior very stony sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine platy structure; friable; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU06538. About 20% fragments.
    BE—34 to 55 centimeters (13.4 to 21.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior very stony loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint coats on all faces of peds; 35 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU06539. About 35% fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535470; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535470
    Bt1—55 to 65 centimeters (21.7 to 25.6 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior very stony sandy loam; weak fine and medium blocky, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint coats; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06540. Few tongues of A22 and B1 material. About 40% fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535471; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535471
    Bt2—65 to 83 centimeters (25.6 to 32.7 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior very stony loam; weak fine and medium blocky structure; firm; faint coats; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU06541. More clay than horizon above and containing about 40% fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535472; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 535472
    BC—83 to 103 centimeters (32.7 to 40.6 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior very stony loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU06542. 50% fragments. Some iron and manganese coatings on peds.
    C—103 to 118 centimeters (40.6 to 46.5 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior very stony sandy loam; 80 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU06543. About 80% rock fragments. Structure determined by rock fragments.