IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Lansdale
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
607
User Pedon ID:
1960PA091001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
60PA091001
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
44551
Print Date:
12/6/2025
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:
40.1977778
Std. Longitude:
-75.1694444
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
1.75 mi W of Prospectville, first lane south of Horsham rd west of its intersection with Bayblon road.
Country:
US—United States
State:
Pennsylvania
County:
PA091—Montgomery
MLRA:
148—Northern Piedmont
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
40075-B2—Ambler, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
F. Loughry, J. Noll, R. Smith, J. Levitan, R. Matelski
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
Pedon Type:
TUD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PSU
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Lansdale
Classificaton Date -
5/7/2012
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Steinsburg
Classificaton Date -
5/31/1960
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
3
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Field Measured Properties:
2.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 3 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 6.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 14.25 in/hr of percolation rate
SITE
Landscape:
lowland
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
5/31/1960 ()
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
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
11
—
—
87
—
315
1100
—
—
—
—
—
10.7
—
—
—
—
—
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—
Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04675. Less than 5% fragments.
Bw—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; prominent clay films; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04676. 10% fragments.
BC—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior channery sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04677. Partial clay films. 20% fragments.
C1—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very channery sandy loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 80 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04678. Few partial clay films. 80% fragments.
C2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very channery sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent clay films; 95 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04679. 95% fragments.
C3—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loamy sand; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04680