IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Washington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA077011
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA077011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 514
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA077011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44448
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.5452778
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5713889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 55' W of 39023, 90' NW of pipeline marker, 0.25 mi Sw of East Texas.
  • 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-E5—Allentown West, 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 #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Washington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Washington
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/1959 ()
  • 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

    TRAE

    Triticum aestivum

    common wheat

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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

    3

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    125

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    280

    1100

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    10.3

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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; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04011
    AB—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04012. Partial clay films on peds.
    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; 5.0 medium tubular pores; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04013
    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, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04014
    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 and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04015
    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 and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04016. Few reddish shale fragments.
    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; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04017. Partial clay films and many iron and manganese coatings on peds.
    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, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04018. Partial clay films and few iron and manganese coatings on peds. Many yellowish shale chips.
    R—109 to 120 centimeters (42.9 to 47.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU04019