IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thorndale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982PA075017
  • User Pedon ID: 1982PA075017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 82PA075017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44436
  • 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: 40.3116667
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3663889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Melvin High Farm 1/4 mi S on Crest Road, 100' 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. Lipscomb, E. Merkle, B. Custer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Thorndale
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thorndale
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • 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 - 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

    2

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    158

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    225

    1100

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    Ap—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03939. (5YR 4/3) Mn staining.
    Bt1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03940
    Bt2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 10 percent by volume quartz fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03941
    Bx1—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03942. (7.5YR 5/2 & 5/8) prism faces.
    Bx2—91 to 130 centimeters (35.8 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03943. (7.5YR 5/2 & 5/8) prism faces.
    Bx3—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/2) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8); 10 percent by volume quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03944
    Bx4—152 to 190 centimeters (59.8 to 74.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 11 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/2); 15 percent by volume quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03945