IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Edgemont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 68
  • User Pedon ID: 1962PA011005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 68
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 62PA011005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44631
  • 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: 40.4413889
  • Std. Longitude: -75.8019444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 154 ft N of electric pole MEBR729, 412 ft SW of Rt T720, 1 mi W of T729, .75 mi SE of Fleetwood, R. Manor Twp
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA011—Berks
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA011—Berks County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-D7—Fleetwood, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Edgemont
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fleetwood
  • Classificaton Date - 3/22/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.38 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.43 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.77 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/22/1962 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree 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

    ACRU

    CORNU

    FAGUS

    KALA

    QUCO2

    QURU

    SAAL5

    VACCI

    Acer rubrum

    Cornus

    Fagus

    Kalmia latifolia

    Quercus coccinea

    Quercus rubra

    Sassafras albidum

    Vaccinium

    red maple

    dogwood

    beech

    mountain laurel

    scarlet oak

    northern red oak

    sassafras

    blueberry

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    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

    10

    —

    —

    270

    —

    315

    1050

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    9.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00459. "Silty organic matter, nongreasy, matted."
    A—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior and black (10YR 2/1) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00460
    E—6 to 26 centimeters (2.4 to 10.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior extremely channery sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky; 0.5 roots; 75 percent by volume quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00461
    Bw1—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interior channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00462. Coats are on larger surfaces. Fragments are 1-6 inches.
    Bw2—41 to 59 centimeters (16.1 to 23.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior channery sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00463. Fragments are 1-6 inches. Clay films are on larger surfaces.
    Bw3—59 to 89 centimeters (23.2 to 35.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior very channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; 50 percent by volume quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU00464. Fragments are 1-14 inches
    C1—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior channery loam; friable, slightly sticky; 20 percent by volume quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00465
    C2—117 to 122 centimeters (46.1 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior clay loam; firm, slightly sticky; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00466
    C3—122 to 138 centimeters (48.0 to 54.3 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior coarse sandy loam; very friable, nonsticky; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00467