IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Highfield
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
4
User Pedon ID:
1961PA001011
Vegetation Plot ID:
4
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
61PA001011
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
44320
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:
39.9955556
Std. Longitude:
-77.3113889
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Lott farm 0.3 mi N of T387, 0.4 mi NE of LR01010, 0.4 mi NE of Wenksville.
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:
Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PSU
Pedon #:
11
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Highfield
Classificaton Date -
5/7/2012
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Highfield
Classificaton Date -
6/2/1961
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
piedmont
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/2/1961 ()
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
6
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—
396
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0
1050
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—
—
—
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9.9
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Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume rhyolite fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00019
BA—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume rhyolite fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00020
Bt1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume rhyolite fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00021
Bt2—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent by volume rhyolite fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00022
BC—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent by volume rhyolite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00023. Structure modified by rock fragments.
C—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); reddish gray (10R 6/1) interior silt loam; 95 percent by volume rhyolite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00024. Weathered metarhyolite up to 16x8x5 inches with magenta tones.