IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bedington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 105
  • User Pedon ID: 1968PA017014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 105
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA017014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43444
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 40.2825000
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1691667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Delaware Valey College farm, 3 mi SW of Doylestown, SW off Poor House Rd, to creek bank,SE to mid of last fld
  • 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 E. H. Sautter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedington
  • Classificaton Date - 6/24/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.29 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.29 in/hr of percolation rate and 4.25 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/24/1968 ()
  • 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

    PHLEU

    TRIFO

    Phleum

    Trifolium

    timothy

    clover

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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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    81

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    315

    1100

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    10.6

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00781
    BA—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00782. Occasional shale coarse fragments; thin silt coats; dark brown (10YR 3/3) worm holes and root channels.
    Bt1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00783. Occasional shale fragments up to 3 inches; thin silt and clay coats; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm holes and root channels.
    Bt2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00784. Thin clay films on larger ped surfaces.
    Bt3—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00785. Thin clay films on larger ped faces.
    Bt4—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium platy, and structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent medium distinct pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) and 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00786
    Bt5—114 to 124 centimeters (44.9 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent medium distinct pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) and 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 70 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00787. Fe and Mn coats increase with depth; structure obscured by coarse fragments.
    C—124 to 155 centimeters (48.8 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 85 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00788. Thick silt and clay coats covering shale fragments in pockets.
    R—155 to 216 centimeters (61.0 to 85.0 inches); 95 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00789. Loose fractured argillite shale to 5 inches long and 1.5 inches thick; dark gray (N 6/0) interior and olive gray (5Y 5/2) exterior of shale; moderate to thick silt and clay coats on tops of shale.