IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brecknock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 7
  • User Pedon ID: 1961PA001014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 7
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 61PA001014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45203
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.8572222
  • Std. Longitude: -77.1961111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 200 ft SE and 125 ft N of Rt. T509 and 01040 intersection 3 mi NE of Gettysburg.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA001—Adams
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39077-H2—Biglerville, 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 #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brecknock
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brecknock
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: lowland
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/5/1961 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    2GA

    2GP

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    Grass, annual

    Grass, perennial

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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

    5

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    183

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    90

    1050

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    10.6

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00037
    AB—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00038. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531240; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531240
    Bt1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 1 percent fine faint reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8); fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00039. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531241; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 531241
    Bt—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1); fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00040
    BC—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt loam; weak thin platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00041. "Strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), gray (10YR 6/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1) and dark bluish gray (5B 4/1) streaks."
    C—69 to 112 centimeters (27.2 to 44.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt loam; weak thin platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00042. Same color as BC but with high proportion of (5B 4/1) dark bluish gray and a few specks of (5YR 8/2) pinkish white.
    R—112 to 122 centimeters (44.1 to 48.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU00043. Moderately hard porcelainite.