IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mount Lucas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 9
  • User Pedon ID: 1961PA001016
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 9
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 61PA001016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45404
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.8438889
  • Std. Longitude: -77.1825000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 235 ft W of Rt. 483 225 ft NW of bend, 0.3 mi NE of Gettysburg.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA001—Adams
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39077-F3—Emmitsburg, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Noll, R. Speir
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mount Lucas
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mount Lucas
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/1961 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    2GP

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    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

    4

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    168

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    270

    1050

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    10.6

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00050
    BA—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00051
    Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00052. Few very fine black specks.
    Bt2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loam; strong medium prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 11 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2); fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00053. A few black specks.; continuous - phpvsfiid 531246; continuous - phpvsfiid 531246
    BC—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00054. Common fine black specks.; continuous - phpvsfiid 531247; continuous - phpvsfiid 531247
    C—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loamy coarse sand; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00055. Saprolite. Common medium black specks. Saprolite weathered from diabase.