IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hagerstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983PA027073
  • User Pedon ID: 1983PA027073
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 83PA027073
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 83PA027073
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44114
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.8700000
  • Std. Longitude: -77.7694444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2250 m W of Jct Rt 144 & Rt 64, 1940 m NE of Rockview Prison, 10 m SE of property line, R.D.5 Bellefonte.
  • 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 #: 73
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Duffield
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/1983
  • 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: 7/30/1983 ()
  • 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

    2

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    323

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    90

    1000

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    9.4

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silt loam; strong very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots and 5.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01591
    E—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots and 5.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01592
    EB—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01593
    Bt1—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01594. Slightly brittle.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532364; patchy - phpvsfiid 532364
    Bt2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent prominent black (N 2/0) oxide coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01595. 5% 1-3 cm chert fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532365; patchy - phpvsfiid 532365
    3BC1—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent black (N 2/0) oxide coats on surfaces along pores; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01596. Several pockets of strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam in the horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532367; patchy - phpvsfiid 532367
    3BC2—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01597. Pockets of highly weathered and disoriented shaly dolomite crushing to loam.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532369; patchy - phpvsfiid 532369
    3C1—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01598. 10% highly weathered shaly dolomite channers; variegated.
    3C2—165 to 188 centimeters (65.0 to 74.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silt loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01599. Variegated.
    3R—188 to 200 centimeters (74.0 to 78.7 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU01600. Hard medium bedded (5 to 10 cm) dolomite.