IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Duffield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA077009
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA077009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 512
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA077009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44446
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.5505556
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6452778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lehr Farm, 1 mi E of Newtown, 270' NNE of double hickory trees, 435' E of Twp. Rd. 546.
  • 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 #: 9
  • 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 - Duffield
  • 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

    PHLEU

    TRPR2

    Phleum

    Trifolium pratense

    timothy

    red clover

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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—104

    —36—

    —68—
    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

    2

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    150

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    180

    1100

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    10.2

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03994
    BA—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03995. Tendancy to be platy.
    Bt1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03996
    Bt2—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03997
    Bt3—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellow (10YR 7/8); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03998
    Bt4—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky, and platy, and weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellow (10YR 7/8); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03999
    BC1—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and very pale brown (10YR 8/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium blocky, and moderate medium platy, and weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04000. Cut surface showing streaks of very pale brown (10YR 8/4).
    BC2—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and very pale brown (10YR 8/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04001. Cut surface shwoing streaks of very pale brown (10YR 8/4).
    C1—135 to 147 centimeters (53.1 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and very pale brown (10YR 8/4) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04002. Cut surface shwoing strong brown and very pale brown streaks.