IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arendtsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2
  • User Pedon ID: 1961PA001009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 61PA001009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43548
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 39.9186111
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3108333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Boyer Nursery, 300 ft NW of Rt. D1075, 1.5 mi SW of Arendtsville
  • 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 #: 9
  • 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 - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 2.48 in/hr of percolation rate and 5 in/hr of percolation rate and 5.48 in/hr of percolation rate and 6.24 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

    4

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    259

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    180

    1050

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    10.3

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00007
    BA—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films; 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00008. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531229; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531229
    Bt1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films; 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00009. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531230; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531230
    Bt2—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00010
    Bt3—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films; 30 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00011. patchy - phpvsfiid 531231; patchy - phpvsfiid 531231
    BC—94 to 135 centimeters (37.0 to 53.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior loam; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00012
    C—135 to 185 centimeters (53.1 to 72.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and weak red (10R 5/3) interior and gray (N 6/0) interior loam; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00013