IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Abbottstown

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 611

User Pedon ID: 1960PA091005

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - PSU

Lab Pedon # - 60PA091005

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44556

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 40.2105556

Std. Longitude: -75.4025000

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Wood Farm, south of the house, 144 feet NW of Mt. Airy road, 0.25 mi S of Hickler road.

Map Unit: ReB—Readington silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes

State: Pennsylvania

County: PA091—Montgomery

MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA091—Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-B4—Collegeville, Pennsylvania

PEDON

Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Noll, R. Smith, J. Levitan, R. Matelski

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aeric Fragiaqualfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: PSU

Pedon #: 5

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Abbottstown

PSC - 33 to 51 cm.

Classificaton Date - 12/11/2014

Classifier - David Verdone

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Readington

Classificaton Date - 6/1/1960

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 2

QA Status: level 2

Field Measured Properties: 0.12 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.14 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.14 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.18 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.18 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.2 in/hr of percolation rate

SITE

Parent Material: residuum weathered from acid shale and/or residuum weathered from siltstone

Landscape: lowland on Piedmont basin

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: siltstone, unspecified at 122cm; shale, acid at 122cm

Geology: ;

Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/1/1960 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: F. Loughry, J. Noll, R. Smith, J. Levitan, R. Matelski

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

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
fragipan bedrock, lithic	weakly coherent strongly coherent	51 - 99 122 - 132	- 48 - - 10 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon aquic conditions redox concentrations redox depletions with chroma 2 or less argillic horizon fragipan reduced matrix lithic contact	0—33 25—122 25—122 25—122 33—51 51—99 51—99 122—132	—33— —97— —97— —97— —18— —48— —48— —10—

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	—	—	78	—	45	1100	—	—	—	—	—	10.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04705

BA—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine faint reddish gray (5YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04706. Partial clay films on the surface. 10% fragments.

Bt—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on top faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 60 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 60 percent medium prominent gray (5YR 6/1) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04707. 15 to 10% fragments.

Bgx1—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; 21 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on top faces of peds; 60 percent medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 60 percent medium and coarse prominent reddish gray (5YR 5/2) iron depletions and 60 percent medium and coarse prominent gray (5YR 6/1) iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04708. 15 to 20% fragments. Some black fils on the surfaces of peds.

Bgx2—69 to 99 centimeters (27.2 to 39.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent clay films on top faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct gray (N 5/0) iron depletions and 11 percent medium distinct gray (5YR 6/1) iron depletions and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04709. Few silt films on the surface of the peds. 20 to 25% fragments.

C—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 60 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 60 percent medium and coarse distinct pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) iron depletions; 20 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04710. 20 to 30% fragments.

R—122 to 132 centimeters (48.0 to 52.0 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) bedrock; fragments.