IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Readington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 13
  • User Pedon ID: 1980PA001022
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 13
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 80PA001022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43471
  • 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: 39.7488889
  • Std. Longitude: -77.1813889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 300 ft S of Rt. 01027, 2.5 mi E of Barlow near Hoffman Orphanage.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA001—Adams
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39077-F2—Taneytown, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Kuhl, G. Lipscomb and R. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Readington
  • PSC - 20 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/2016
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Readington
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Landscape: lowland
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/1980 ()
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POPR

    Poa pratensis

    Kentucky bluegrass

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    bedrock, lithic

    noncoherent

    strongly coherent

    33 - 91

    107 - 152

    - 58 -

    - 45 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    lithic contact

    0—20

    20—41

    33—91

    107—152

    —20—

    —21—

    —58—

    —45—
    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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    155

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    270

    1050

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    10.7

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) interior, dry; loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00074
    Bt—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00075. patchy - phpvsfiid 1491683; patchy - phpvsfiid 1491683
    Btx1—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine faint reddish brown (5YR 5/4); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00076. patchy - phpvsfiid 1491684; patchy - phpvsfiid 1491684
    Bx1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay films; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00077. patchy - phpvsfiid 1491685; patchy - phpvsfiid 1491685
    Bx2—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior and reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay films; 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00078. patchy - phpvsfiid 1491686; patchy - phpvsfiid 1491686
    C—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior loam, clay loam; weak coarse platy, and structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4); 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00079. patchy - phpvsfiid 1491687; patchy - phpvsfiid 1491687
    R—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) interior bedrock; distinct clay films on rock fragments; fragments. Lab sample # PSU00080. Soft micaceous fractured sandstone.