IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Highfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 5
  • User Pedon ID: 1961PA001012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 5
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 61PA001012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44431
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 39.7550000
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3991667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 290 ft SE of water tower, 0.8 mi NE of Rt. 16 on LR 01053, 3.5 mi SW of Fairfield
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA001—Adams
  • MLRA: 130A—Northern Blue Ridge
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39077-G4—Iron Springs, 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 #: 12
  • 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: medium
  • 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

    9

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    280

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    135

    1050

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    10.3

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume rhyolite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00025
    AB—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and 2.5Y 3/4 (2.5Y 3/4) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume rhyolite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00026
    Bt1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 25 percent by volume rhyolite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00027. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531233; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531233
    Bt2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 30 percent by volume rhyolite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00028. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531234; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531234
    Bt3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films and 14 percent coats; 35 percent by volume rhyolite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00029
    BC—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 60 percent by volume rhyolite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00030. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531237; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531237
    C—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interior and yellow (10YR 7/8) interior and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00031. Weathered greenstone and metarhyolite.
    R—107 to 125 centimeters (42.1 to 49.2 inches); pale green (5G 6/2) interior and dark greenish gray (5G 4/1) interior and pinkish white (5YR 8/2) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU00032