IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Penn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 108
  • User Pedon ID: 1971PA017053
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 108
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 71PA017053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43447
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.4422222
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1955556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 800 ft NE of Kellers Church Rd, 1.4 mi NW of Badminister and 1.5 mi SE of Kellers Church
  • Map Unit: PeB—Penn channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA017—Bucks
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA017—Bucks County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-D2—Bedminster, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Cunningham, G. Latshaw
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 53
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Penn
  • PSC - 36 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/15/2017
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Penn
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from acid shale
  • Landscape: lowland, piedmont
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: shale, acid at 99cm
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: R. Cunningham, G. Latshaw
  • 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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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    strongly coherent

    99 - 127

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—36

    36—64

    99—127

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    —28—

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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

    2

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    127

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    225

    1150

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    10.5

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    Ap—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00801
    Bt1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU00802. patchy - phpvsfiid 1312312; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1312313; patchy - phpvsfiid 1312312; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1312313
    Bt2—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00803. continuous - phpvsfiid 1312314; patchy - phpvsfiid 1312315; continuous - phpvsfiid 1312314; patchy - phpvsfiid 1312315
    C—64 to 99 centimeters (25.2 to 39.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior silt loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and distinct clay films on rock fragments; 80 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00804
    R—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) interior bedrock; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00805. Shale