IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ryder
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962PA011007
  • User Pedon ID: 1962PA011006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Marion Township, Berks County; Curtis Beidler farm (Charles Moyer), Field Northeast of intersection of township road T498 & LR 06025 in the sixth strip from 06025 going in the farm lane, proceed west along lower boundary of strip 192 feet thence at right angle north and up slope 38 feet to site.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA011—Berks
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John B. Carey, J.J. Noll and F. Ackerman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryder
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/24/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/24/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak very fine blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; clay films; 7 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164491; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164491
    Bt2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; clay films in root channels and/or pores; 7 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    BC—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear irregular boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior channery silt loam; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; clay films in root channels and/or pores; 20 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt broken boundary.; observed in pit, small
    R—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0) interior bedrock; limestone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified.; observed in pit, small