IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Washington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA077005
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA077005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 508
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA077005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44441
  • 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: 40.6466667
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5941667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 275' N of Rt. 39041, 50' E of edge of woods, 1 mi N of siegersville.
  • Map Unit: BfB—Bedington-Berks complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA077—Lehigh
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA077—Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-F5—Cementon, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Carey, M. Yoworski, C. Engle, E. Mason
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Washington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Washington
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: shale hill
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: shale and siltstone
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1959 ()
  • 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

    Medicago sativa

    alfalfa

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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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    158

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    90

    1100

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    10.2

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 35 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03968. 35% gravel.
    BA—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 45 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03969. Structure modified by gravel. 45% gravel.
    Bt1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films; 35 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03970. Structure modified by gravel. 35% gravel.
    Bt2—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate medium blocky, and platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films; 40 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03971. Structure modified by gravel. 40% gravel.
    BC1—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior gravelly silty clay loam; platy, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films; 50 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03972. 50% gravel.
    BC2—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior very gravelly silty clay loam; platy, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 70 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03973. Structure modified by gravel. Black iron and manganese coatings. 70% gravel.
    C—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior very gravelly silty clay loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 65 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03974. Structure modified by gravel. 65% gravels. Similar material continues to 5 or 6 feet and is underlain by sand and gravels.