IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hagerstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983PA027070
  • User Pedon ID: 1983PA027070
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 83PA027070
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 83PA027070
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44111
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 40.8686111
  • Std. Longitude: -77.7700000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2100 m W of Jct Rt 144 & Rt 64, 1800 m NNE of Rockview prison, 10 m E 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 #: 70
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1983
  • 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: 8/25/1983 ()
  • 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

    4

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    322

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    135

    1000

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    9.4

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; strong fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume chert fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01559
    E—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01560
    BE—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 70 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01561
    Bt1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior silty clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01562. 10% 2-5 cm chert fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532342; patchy - phpvsfiid 532342
    Bt2—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior clay; strong medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct black (N 2/0) oxide coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01563. Horizon had a discontinuous chert seam.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532343; continuous - phpvsfiid 532343
    3Bt3—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior clay; strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01564. continuous - phpvsfiid 532345; continuous - phpvsfiid 532345
    3Bt4—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior gravelly silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01565. 20% 2-5 cm chert fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532346; continuous - phpvsfiid 532346
    2Bt5—119 to 160 centimeters (46.9 to 63.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior gravelly silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct black (N 2/0) oxide coats on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01566. 20% 2-5 cm chert fragments; slightly brittle in areas of the pit.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532347; patchy - phpvsfiid 532347
    3Bt6—160 to 183 centimeters (63.0 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds and prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint black (N 2/0) oxide coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01567. Horizon dips strongly down into face of pit; has slickensides dipping back down into the pit parallel to the surface of the bedrock.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532349; patchy - phpvsfiid 532350; patchy - phpvsfiid 532349; patchy - phpvsfiid 532350
    3C—183 to 193 centimeters (72.0 to 76.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silt loam, clay loam; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, nonplastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01568. Variegated; horizon dips strongly down into face of pit.
    3R—193 to 210 centimeters (76.0 to 82.7 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU01569. Hard dolomite.