IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bedington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1964PA043008
  • User Pedon ID: 1964PA043008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 326
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64PA043008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44239
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.2491667
  • Std. Longitude: -76.7733333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Strites orchard; 2 mi S of Rt 322 on T388, 4 mi E of Harrisburg.
  • 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-B7—Steelton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, W. Kunkle, D. Ralston, R. Googins, R. Kinnard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 8
  • 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: 5.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 7.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 8.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 15.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 23.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 23.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 31.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 39.75 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 - other
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop shrubs
  • 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

    PRPE3

    Prunus persica

    peach

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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

    7

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    195

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    315

    1000

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    10.3

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 15 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02454
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 20 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02455. Partial clay coats.
    Bt2—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 40 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02456. Partial clay films; structure modified by shales.
    Bt3—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 38 percent distinct clay films and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 55 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02457. Structure modified by shales.
    BCt1—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and olive (5Y 5/3) interior silt loam; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 38 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 75 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02458. Shale structure.
    BCt2—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior silt loam; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; clay films on rock fragments and clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 80 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02459. Shale structure.
    BC1—122 to 168 centimeters (48.0 to 66.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior and red (2.5YR 4/8) interior silt loam; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on rock fragments and clay films on surfaces along root channels and red (2.5YR 4/8) coats; 80 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02460. Shale structure; common roots to 55 inches.
    C—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior and red (2.5YR 4/8) interior silt loam; clay films on rock fragments and red (2.5YR 4/8) coats; 98 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02461. Shale structure.