IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ungers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982PA075015
  • User Pedon ID: 1982PA075015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 501
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 82PA075015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44434
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 40.2191667
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4791667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 mi SW on Rt. 117 from Mt. Gretna to Parking area on s side of Rt. 117, 1000' NE on Gameland Fire Rd.
  • 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-B4—Manheim, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Lipscomb, C. Langlois, G. Martin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ungers
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ungers
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/14/1982 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    ACRU

    LITU

    Acer rubrum

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    red maple

    tuliptree

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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

    3

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    203

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    315

    1050

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) interior; 5.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03921
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) interior loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03922
    BA—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03923
    Bt1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03924
    Bt2—51 to 72 centimeters (20.1 to 28.3 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 38 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03925
    Bt3—72 to 92 centimeters (28.3 to 36.2 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 38 percent distinct weak red (10R 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03926
    Bt4—92 to 115 centimeters (36.2 to 45.3 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 70 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03927. Common fine black (5YR 2/1) coatings.
    C1—115 to 148 centimeters (45.3 to 58.3 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 25 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03928
    C2—148 to 173 centimeters (58.3 to 68.1 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03929
    Cr—173 to 199 centimeters (68.1 to 78.3 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 35 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03930