IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bowmansville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 489
  • User Pedon ID: 1982PA071041
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 489
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 82PA071041
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44419
  • 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: 40.2177778
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3902778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.5 mi E of Elstonsville & Rt72 on Newport Rd to Sanctuary, N 1000 ft to RR bed, 75 ft W, 35 ft N of RR bank
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA071—Lancaster
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-B4—Manheim, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Lipscomb, R. Cronce, G. Martin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Typic Haplaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 41
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bowmansville
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bowmansville
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/1982 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • 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

    CAREX

    JUEF

    TYPHA

    Carex

    Juncus effusus

    Typha

    sedge

    common rush

    cattail

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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

    1

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    131

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    180

    1000

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    10.7

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine faint red (2.5YR 4/6); fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03797. Few fine distinct 2.5YR 4/6
    BA—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 1 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03798. "Few faint fine 5YR 4/6, 10YR 5/2"
    Bg1—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03799. Many distinct 7.5YR 5/6
    Bg2—64 to 117 centimeters (25.2 to 46.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 60 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03800. Many prom dist 10YR 6/8
    Bg3—117 to 150 centimeters (46.1 to 59.1 inches); light gray (N 7/0) interior silty clay loam; medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03801. Many medium distinct 7.5YR 5/8
    C—150 to 160 centimeters (59.1 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03802