IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hagerstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958PA035009
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA035009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 58PA035009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA035009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44173
  • 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: 41.0215194
  • Std. Longitude: -77.5409278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 40 ft N of T321, E of house, 0.5 mi NW of Lamar, Porter Twp., Dotterer farm.
  • Map Unit: HeB—Hagerstown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA035—Clinton
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA035—Clinton County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41077-A5—Beech Creek, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, W. Steputis, C. Engle, E. Mason
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 4/24/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: valley
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/24/1958 ()
  • 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

    MESA

    PHLEU

    Medicago sativa

    Phleum

    alfalfa

    timothy

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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

    9

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    286

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    180

    1000

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    9.4

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02018
    Bt1—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) interior silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02019
    Bt2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silty clay; moderate fine blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02020
    Bt3—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silty clay; moderate fine and medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02021. 10% manganese coats; lower boundary marked by fragments of shaly limestone.
    Bt4—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silty clay; moderate fine and medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02022. 10% manganese coatings.
    BC—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium blocky, and platy structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02023. Some dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interiors.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532580; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532580
    C—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); black (N 2/0) interior fine sandy loam; structureless single grain; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02024. Does not react with acid.