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: 9/24/2024

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: 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	—	—	—

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	—	—	155	—	270	1050	—	—	—	—	—	10.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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.