IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hagerstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983PA027068
  • User Pedon ID: 1983PA027068
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 83PA027068
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 83PA027068
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44108
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.8663889
  • Std. Longitude: -77.7727778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2298 m W of Jct Rt 144 & Rt 64, 1740 m NNE of Rockview Prison 100 m SE of prop. line, R.D.5 Bellefonte PA
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA027—Centre
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-G7—State College, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Cronce and Carson Murdy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 68
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Duffield
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/1983
  • 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: 8/20/1983 ()
  • 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

    ACER

    QUERC

    Acer

    Quercus

    maple

    oak

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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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    319

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    135

    1000

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    9.5

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01540
    E—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01541
    BE—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior silt loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01542
    Bt1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent faint oxide coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01543. 10% 1-4 cm chert fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532326; patchy - phpvsfiid 532326
    Bt2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01544. "1-3 cm seam of strong brown clay; soil below 75 cm highly variable to 150 cm including discontinuous chert lines, yellower, brittle and mottled zones, pockets of highly disoriented shaly dolomite and a wedge."; continuous - phpvsfiid 532328; continuous - phpvsfiid 532328
    3Bt3—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01545. continuous - phpvsfiid 532329; continuous - phpvsfiid 532329
    3BC—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior silt loam; weak medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01546. 30% less than 2 cm dolomite fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532330; patchy - phpvsfiid 532330
    3Cr1—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 50 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01547. 50% thin bedded (1-2 cm) highly weathered dolomite separating to channers.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532331; patchy - phpvsfiid 532331
    3Cr2—160 to 180 centimeters (63.0 to 70.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silt loam; structureless coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01548. Shaly dolomite crushing to silt loam texture; structure is controlled by rock; 60% thin bedded (1-2 cm) moderately weathered shaly dolomite separating to channers.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532332; patchy - phpvsfiid 532332
    3Cr3—180 to 241 centimeters (70.9 to 94.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silt loam; 80 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # PSU01549. Seams of highly weathered shaly dolomite crushing to silt loam between 60 to 80% by volume less weathered shaly dolomite.