IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Duffield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA077008
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA077008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 511
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA077008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44445
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 40.5772222
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6250000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Adams Farm, 0.3 mi SE of Fogelsville, 110' SE loop of cloverleaf at the intersec. of Rt. 22.
  • 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-E6—Topton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Carey, M. Yoworski, C. Engle, E. Mason
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, 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 #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Duffield
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/19/2015
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryder
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1959 ()
  • 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

    PHLEU

    Medicago sativa

    Phleum

    alfalfa

    timothy

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    36—119

    —36—

    —83—
    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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    140

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    315

    1100

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    10.2

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03984
    AB—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03985. Partial clay films on peds.
    Bt1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03986
    Bt2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03987
    Bt3—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03988
    Bt4—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03989. Structure has a tendancy to form plates.
    Bt5—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03990. Some clay films and some black iron and manganese coatings on peds.
    BC—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03991. Horizon contains some shale fragments.
    C1—145 to 168 centimeters (57.1 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03992
    C2—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03993. "Similar material to 80"" plus."