IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thorndale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1973PA075014
  • User Pedon ID: 1973PA075014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 73PA075014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44433
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.3213889
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3330556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Vernon E. Balmer Farm, about 6 mi SE of Lebanon, along Rt. 38, between Iona and Reishvile, 370' S of barn.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA075—Lebanon
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA075—Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-C3—Richland, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. J. Latshaw and R. L. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Thorndale
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Penlaw
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/26/1973 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    1

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    165

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    225

    1100

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak coarse platy, and weak coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03911
    Ap2—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03912. Coatings in worm holes and ped faces (7.5YR 4/4).
    Btg1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03913. Brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) many fine distinct mottles in ped interiors.
    Btg2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent coarse distinct 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) and 60 percent coarse distinct light gray (5Y 7/1); 5 percent by volume quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03914
    Btg3—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) interior silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent coarse distinct 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8); fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03915. Irregular and broken boundary
    Bgx1—91 to 130 centimeters (35.8 to 51.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and light gray (N 7/0) broken face silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent coarse distinct light gray (N 7/0); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03916. Light gray (N 7/0) faces and interiors.
    Bgx2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and light gray (N 7/0) broken face silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent distinct light gray (N 7/0) clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct light gray (N 7/0) and 11 percent coarse distinct red (2.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume quartz fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03917
    Bgx3—152 to 175 centimeters (59.8 to 68.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and light gray (N 7/0) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct light gray (N 7/0) and 11 percent coarse distinct red (2.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume quartz fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03918. Light gray (N 7/0) faces.
    Bgx4—175 to 213 centimeters (68.9 to 83.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and gray (N 6/0) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct light gray (N 7/0) and 11 percent coarse distinct red (2.5YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03919; wet, satiated when described;. Gray (N 6/0) faces.
    Bgx5—213 to 241 centimeters (83.9 to 94.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and gray (N 6/0) broken face loam; weak coarse and very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 14 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent coarse distinct light gray (N 7/0) and 1 percent coarse distinct red (2.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03920; wet, satiated when described;. Gray (N 6/0) faces.