IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Washington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 59PA077004
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA077004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 40.5469444
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5716667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County; Schubert Lictenwalter farm, about .25 miles Nothwest of East Texas, field west of local road LR39023, 55 feet from road, 90 feet Northwest of pipeline marker.
  • County: PA077—Lehigh
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John B. Carey
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Washington
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    AB—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    BA—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt2—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt3—74 to 84 centimeters (29.1 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay; moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    BC1—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on top faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    BC2—102 to 109 centimeters (40.2 to 42.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior silt loam; weak fine blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on top faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt irregular boundary.; moist when described;
    R—109 centimeters (42.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior; shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4.; moist when described;