IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hagerstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983PA027075
  • User Pedon ID: 1983PA027075
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 83PA027075
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 83PA027075
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44116
  • 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: -77.7738889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2335 m W of Jct Rt 144 & Rt 64, 1725 m NNE of Rockview Prison, 50 m SE of property 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 75
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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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    328

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    135

    1000

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    9.4

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots and 5.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01618. 10% 2-5 cm chert fragments. We're messing with this horizon 11/18/86.
    E—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots and 5.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01619. 10% 2-5 cm chert fragments.
    BE—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 70 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) skeletans on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01620. 10% 2-5 cm chert fragments.
    Bt1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent faint 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 # PSU01621. 5% 2-5 cm chert fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532378; patchy - phpvsfiid 532378
    3Bt2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay; weak coarse prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct black (N 2/0) oxide coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01622. Less than 5% 2-5 cm chert fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532380; continuous - phpvsfiid 532380
    3Bt3—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior clay; strong medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium and coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01623. Less than 5% 2-5 cm chert fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532382; continuous - phpvsfiid 532382
    3Bt4—117 to 150 centimeters (46.1 to 59.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01624. Less than 5% 2-5 cm chert fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532383; continuous - phpvsfiid 532383
    3Bt5—150 to 160 centimeters (59.1 to 63.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very cobbly silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 50 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01625
    3R—160 to 175 centimeters (63.0 to 68.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU01626. Hard thick bedded (20-30 cm) dolomite.