IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Penn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 619
  • User Pedon ID: 1961PA091014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 619
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 61PA091014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44564
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.2163889
  • Std. Longitude: -75.3330556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 365 feet NE from the entrance to Sunnyayr Farm at Morris Rd, 2 mi S of Kulpsville.
  • Map Unit: UusD—Urban land-Udorthents, shale and sandstone complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA091—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA133—York County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-B3—Lansdale, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, L. Seglin, R. Smith, I. Levitan, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Penn
  • PSC - 20 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/15/2017
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Penn
  • Classificaton Date - 4/3/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.81 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.96 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.23 in/hr of percolation rate and 4.3 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: lowland, piedmont
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: shale, acid at 81cm
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/3/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: F. Loughry, L. Seglin, R. Smith, I. Levitan, R. Matelski
  • 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

    ALLO4

    ALVI

    MESA

    Alsine longipes

    Allium vineale

    Medicago sativa

    —

    wild garlic

    alfalfa

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    —

    —

    —

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—51

    —20—

    —31—
    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

    —

    —

    91

    —

    45

    1100

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    10.7

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04762. 15% fragments.
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04763. Some clay films.
    Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04764. Some clay films.
    C1—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior loam; moderate fine blocky, and moderate fine platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04765. Partial clay films and few black coatings.
    C2—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior loam; moderate medium platy structure; very firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04766. Weak red (10R 4/3) coatings. Some partial clay films and black coatings.