IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brecknock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 107
  • User Pedon ID: 1971PA017052
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 107
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 71PA017052
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43446
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.4522222
  • Std. Longitude: -75.2458333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.2 mi W Kellers Church, 0.2 mi SE Rt 563
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA017—Bucks
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-D2—Bedminster, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Cunningham, G. Latshaw
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 52
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brecknock
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brecknock
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1971 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    2FORB

    2SHRUB

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    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    Shrub (>.5m)

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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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    137

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    45

    1150

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    10.4

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, gray (10YR 6/1) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume hornfels fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00795
    Bt1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 fine roots; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 30 percent by volume hornfels fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00796
    Bt2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 40 percent by volume hornfels fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00797
    C1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silt loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 70 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on surfaces along pores; 70 percent by volume hornfels fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00798
    C2—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior silt loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 38 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent medium distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4); 75 percent by volume hornfels fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00799
    R—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior; 38 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on rock fragments; fragments. Lab sample # PSU00800