IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Abbottstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 615
  • User Pedon ID: 1960PA091009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 60PA091009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44560
  • 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: 40.3008333
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5497222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 100' N of property line and 95' S of fence near the SW corner of the Hays farm, 3/4 mi SW of Hanover Square.
  • Map Unit: CrA—Croton silt loam, occasionally ponded, 0 to 3 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-C5—Sassamansville, 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 #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Abbottstown
  • PSC - 23 to 41 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 - 6/3/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: level 2
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.04 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.12 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.12 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.12 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.12 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.38 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 112cm; shale, acid at 112cm
  • Geology: ;
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/1960 (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

    41 - 97

    112 - 127

    - 56 -

    - 15 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    reduced matrix

    fragipan

    lithic contact

    0—23

    23—41

    23—112

    23—112

    30—112

    30—112

    41—97

    112—127

    —23—

    —18—

    —89—

    —89—

    —82—

    —82—

    —56—

    —15—
    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

    —

    —

    69

    —

    225

    1100

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    10.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04731
    Bt1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 11 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3) iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04732. Thin partial clay films on the surface of the peds.
    Btg—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 60 percent fine distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 60 percent fine distinct reddish gray (5YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04733. Thin partial clay films and black coatings on the surface of the peds. Mn and Fe concretions. 5 to 10% shale fragments.
    Btgx1—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; 21 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on top faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 60 percent medium prominent reddish gray (5YR 5/2) iron depletions; 12 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04734
    Btgx2—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; 19 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on top faces of peds and distinct coats on top faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 60 percent medium prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) iron depletions; 12 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04735
    Btgx3—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine and medium platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on top faces of peds and prominent coats on top faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 60 percent medium prominent white (5YR 8/1) iron depletions; 14 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04736
    Cg—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior loam; 17 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 60 percent fine distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 60 percent fine distinct pale red (2.5YR 6/2) iron depletions; 14 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04737. Thin partial clay films on the surface of the peds and bridging of sand.
    R—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) interior bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # PSU04738. Partially weathered siltstone.