IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bedington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1964PA043005
  • User Pedon ID: 1964PA043005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 323
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64PA043005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44236
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 40.3183333
  • Std. Longitude: -76.6350000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hershey farm No 9; about 3 mi NE of Hershey, E Hanover Twp; across Swatara Creek.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA043—Dauphin
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA043—Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-C6—Hershey, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, W. Kunkle, J. Carey, R. Googins, R. Kinnard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 2.88 in/hr of percolation rate and 4.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 5.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 5.88 in/hr of percolation rate and 6.88 in/hr of percolation rate and 7 in/hr of percolation rate and 8.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 13 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/23/1964 ()
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Medicago sativa

    Zea mays

    alfalfa

    corn

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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

    6

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    128

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    225

    1050

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    10.5

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; 17 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02426. 17% shale fragments and gravels of sandstone and quartzite.
    BAt—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 20 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02427. Ap in root channels and worm holes.
    Bt1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02428. Ap in root channels and worm holes.
    Bt2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and prominent clay films on rock fragments; 25 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02429
    Bt3—74 to 84 centimeters (29.1 to 33.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; subangular blocky, and weak fine blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on rock fragments; 20 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02430
    Bt4—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on rock fragments and prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 35 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02431. Few roots to 34 inches.
    BC—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on rock fragments; 60 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # PSU02432. Structure modified by shale.
    C1—127 to 155 centimeters (50.0 to 61.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 80 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02433. Shale structure.
    C2—155 to 173 centimeters (61.0 to 68.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) interior silt loam; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films on rock fragments and 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 90 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02434. Red (2.5YR 5/6) shale coatings; shale structure.