IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Arendtsville
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1961PA001008
User Pedon ID:
1961PA001008
Vegetation Plot ID:
1
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
61PA001008
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
43437
Print Date:
11/12/2024
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:
39.9338889
Std. Longitude:
-77.2775000
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Oyler Farm, 360 ft N of T369, 1.5 mi W of Biglerville
Country:
US—United States
State:
Pennsylvania
County:
PA001—Adams
MLRA:
130A—Northern Blue Ridge
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
39077-H3—Arendtsville, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
F. Loughry, J. Noll, R. Speir
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PSU
Pedon #:
8
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Arendtsville
Classificaton Date -
5/7/2012
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Arendtsville
Classificaton Date -
6/1/1961
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Field Measured Properties:
2.6 in/hr of percolation rate and 3 in/hr of percolation rate and 3 in/hr of percolation rate and 5 in/hr of percolation rate
SITE
Landscape:
hills
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/1/1961 ()
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
other
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
crop shrubs
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
MALUS
Malus
apple
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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
7
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—
244
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180
1050
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—
—
—
—
10.4
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Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00001
BA—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior gravelly loam; granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00002. Partial clay films around pebbles.
Bt1—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films and 14 percent coats; 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00003. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531223; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531223
Bt2—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films and 14 percent coats; 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00004. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531225; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531225
BC—102 to 135 centimeters (40.2 to 53.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent clay films and 38 percent coats; 30 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU00005
C—135 to 173 centimeters (53.1 to 68.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00006. Silty clay films on weathered fanglomerate.