IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Readington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 612
  • User Pedon ID: 1960PA091006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 612
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 60PA091006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44557
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 40.2355556
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5402778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Herr Farm, 165 feet W of the farm lane, 330 feet SW of the western corner of the pasture.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA091—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-B5—Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Noll, R. Smith, J. Levitan, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Readington
  • PSC - 36 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/19/2016
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Readington
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1960
  • Classifier - Soil Survey Staff
  • 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 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.12 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.16 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.19 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.21 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.44 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: lowland
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1960 ()
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    51 - 117

    - 66 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    fragipan

    reduced matrix

    0—36

    36—51

    36—137

    36—137

    51—91

    51—117

    91—137

    —36—

    —15—

    —101—

    —101—

    —40—

    —66—

    —46—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    99

    —

    225

    1100

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    10.7

    —

    —

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    —

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04711
    BA—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04712
    Bt—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04713. Partial clay films.
    Btx1—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent clay films; 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium prominent gray (5YR 6/1); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04714
    Btx2—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 11 percent fine and medium faint light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) and 60 percent medium prominent gray (5YR 6/1); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04715. Prism faces are reddish brown (5YR 4/3).
    Btxg—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 11 percent fine distinct pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) and 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04716. Partial clay films.
    Cg—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 1 percent fine distinct light reddish brown (5YR 6/3); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04717