IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Washington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA077012
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA077012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 515
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA077012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44449
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 40.5925000
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5730556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Nuth Farm, east of a pit near a township road and old U.S. 22, 0.25 mi SE of the turnpike.
  • 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 #: 12
  • 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: 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

    6

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    140

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    20

    1100

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    10.3

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04020. 25% gravel.
    AB—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior very gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 40 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04021. Some clay bridging. 40% gravel.
    Bt1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior very gravelly clay loam; medium granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films; 40 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04022. 40% gravels.
    Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior very gravelly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 50 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04023. 50% gravels.
    Bt3—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior very gravelly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films; 50 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04024. Many manganese coatings. 50% gravel.
    BC1—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films; 40 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04025. Many large pores. 40% gravel.
    BC2—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); red (10R 4/6) interior sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04026. Sand is weakly cemented with clay. 10% gravel.
    C1—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); red (10R 4/6) interior sandy loam; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04027. Some clay films and some hematite coatings on sand. 5% gravels.
    C2—135 to 147 centimeters (53.1 to 57.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior very gravelly sandy loam; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 60 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04028. Few streaks of clay flow. 60% gravels.