IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hagerstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1963PA027007
  • User Pedon ID: 1963PA027007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 63PA027007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 63PA027007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43513
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 40.9105556
  • Std. Longitude: -77.6805556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 285 ft W of cemetary at Zion, 75 ft E of center of tree row W of cemetary, 265 ft N of Rt64,115 ft N of T-406
  • Map Unit: HaA—Hagerstown silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA027—Centre
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-H6—Mingoville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey and B. Henry
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1963 ()
  • 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

    MESA

    Medicago sativa

    alfalfa

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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

    3

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    325

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    315

    1000

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    9.4

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01198. Occasional 1/2-2 inch coarse fragments
    E—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01199
    BA—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and fine structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 14 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01200
    Bt1—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; moderate medium blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 70 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01201. Firm removed.
    Bt2—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) interior silty clay; weak medium blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 38 percent prominent clay films; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01202. 10% flat fragments 1/2-3 inches; firm removed
    Bt3—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent prominent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01203. Firm removed; 5% ghosts.
    BC1—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01204. "Yellowish red (5YR 5/6) base; evidence of weak prismatic or very coarse; patchy clay film thick interior, outside coating thick"
    BC2—183 to 254 centimeters (72.0 to 100.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay; blocky, and weak very fine blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01205. "Friable removed; few fine faint feathered wavy streaks; patchy clay film thick interior, thick outside coating thick"
    BC3—254 to 300 centimeters (100.0 to 118.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay; blocky, and weak very fine blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01206. "Friable removed; patchy clay film thick interior, outside coating thick"