IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hagerstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969PA109014
  • User Pedon ID: 1969PA109014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 69PA109014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 69PA109014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45239
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 40.7916670
  • Std. Longitude: -77.0561110
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.25 mi W of Middleburg, 1200 ft N of 522.
  • Map Unit: HaC—Hagerstown silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA109—Snyder
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA109—Snyder County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-G1—Middleburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Sautter, R. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mertz
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • 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 0.06 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.06 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.5 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: limestone valley
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/1969 ()
  • 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

    13

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    198

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    180

    1000

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 4 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05540
    Bt1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05541. patchy - phpvsfiid 534918; patchy - phpvsfiid 534918
    Bt2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05542. continuous - phpvsfiid 534919; continuous - phpvsfiid 534919
    Bt3—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05543. patchy - phpvsfiid 534921; patchy - phpvsfiid 534921
    Bt4—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05544. patchy - phpvsfiid 534922; patchy - phpvsfiid 534922
    Bt5—99 to 119 centimeters (39.0 to 46.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05545. continuous - phpvsfiid 534924; continuous - phpvsfiid 534924
    Bt6—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05546. continuous - phpvsfiid 534926; continuous - phpvsfiid 534926
    Bt7—137 to 157 centimeters (53.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05547. continuous - phpvsfiid 534927; continuous - phpvsfiid 534927
    Bt8—157 to 190 centimeters (61.8 to 74.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05548. continuous - phpvsfiid 534928; continuous - phpvsfiid 534928
    BC—190 to 216 centimeters (74.8 to 85.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05549. patchy - phpvsfiid 534929; patchy - phpvsfiid 534929