IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chalfont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 98
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA017007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 98
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA017007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45413
  • 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: 40.2697222
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1400000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 38 ft NE of township line, 653 ft after twp. line crosses Turk Rd on Neshaminy Manor Home 3 mi S Doylestown
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA017—Bucks
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-C2—Doylestown, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. B. Carey and A. D. Backer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chalfont
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chalfont
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: lowland
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/1968 ()
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    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

    1

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    99

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    45

    1100

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    10.6

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00724
    BA—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 60 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00725. Silt films on larger surfaces.
    Bw—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 60 percent fine and medium distinct 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/) and 60 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU00726. Silt films on larger surfaces; abrupt irregular prism caps
    Bx1—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 11 percent fine distinct gray (N 6/0) and 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00727. "Silt and clay films in pores and on prism faces, faces 6-8 inches in diameter."
    Bgx1—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 60 percent medium distinct gray (N 5/0) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00728. silt and clay films in pores and on prism faces.
    Bgx2—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent medium distinct gray (N 5/0) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 3 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00729. Silt films in pores and on prism faces; prisms 9-12 inches in diameter; occasional shale frragments up to 3 inches in diameter.
    Bgx3—99 to 112 centimeters (39.0 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 60 percent medium distinct gray (N 5/0) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 8 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00730; wet, satiated when described;. Shale fragments are 1/8 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter; silt and clay films in pores and on prism faces.
    2Bx2—112 to 122 centimeters (44.1 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00731; wet, satiated when described;. Silt coats on prism faces.
    2R—122 to 135 centimeters (48.0 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00732; wet, satiated when described;. Shale with some silt between shattered shale.