IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hagerstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972PA071014
  • User Pedon ID: 1972PA071014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 72PA071014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44400
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.9397222
  • Std. Longitude: -76.1402778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 30 ft S of UT Co of PA tel. pole 13 (demonstration pit).
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA071—Lancaster
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39076-H2—Quarryville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Grice and R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.42 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.66 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.66 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.66 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.92 in/hr of percolation rate and 4.83 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/1972 ()
  • 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
    • 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

    5

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    268

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    0

    1050

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    10.2

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03640. 1-2% pebbles.
    BA—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03641. Many 0.5 mm pores; four 0.25-0.5 inche krotovinas
    Bt1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03642. Many 0.25mm pores.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533606; continuous - phpvsfiid 533606
    Bt2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03643. Common 0.5 mm pores.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533607; continuous - phpvsfiid 533607
    Bt3—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay; coarse platy, and weak fine platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and faint manganese or iron-manganese stains on surfaces along root channels; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03644. Many 0.25 mm pores.
    Bt4—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03645. Many 0.5 mm pores.
    Bt5—132 to 163 centimeters (52.0 to 64.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and blocky, and weak fine platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03646. Many 0.5mm pores; splotched with 2.5YR 4/6.
    Bt6—163 to 190 centimeters (64.2 to 74.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; blocky, and weak fine platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03647. Few 0.5mm pores; splotched with 2.5YR 4/6; common very fine soft Mn and Fe concretions and few thin black coats.
    BC—190 to 229 centimeters (74.8 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and blocky, and weak fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03648. "Common very fine Fe & Mn concretions, few thin black coats."