IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 491
  • User Pedon ID: 1990PA071047
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 491
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 90PA071047
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44422
  • 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: 39.9105556
  • Std. Longitude: -76.2905556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From Pequa, east on 324 to RR tunnel. Stright onto unnamed road (do not make left at stop). Follow alongside RR tracks for 1800 meters from stop sign, then go due south 580 meters
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA071—Lancaster
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39076-H3—Conestoga, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JONATHAN POLLACK AND ROBERT DOBOS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 47
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chester
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Classifier - A. Friend
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chester
  • Classificaton Date - 11/13/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/13/1990 ()
  • 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

    KALA

    QURU

    Kalmia latifolia

    Quercus rubra

    mountain laurel

    northern red 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

    6

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    178

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    0

    1080

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    9.3

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    10.5

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03809. "although an O horizon was present, it was not described"
    E—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03810
    BE—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03811
    Bt1—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03812. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164234; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164234
    2Bt2—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03813. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164235; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164235
    3Bw1—84 to 91 centimeters (33.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 70 percent faint clay films on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03814. continuous - phpvsfiid 1164236; continuous - phpvsfiid 1164236
    4Bw2—91 to 135 centimeters (35.8 to 53.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 70 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03815. continuous - phpvsfiid 1164237; continuous - phpvsfiid 1164237
    5C1—135 to 178 centimeters (53.1 to 70.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay loam; weak thin platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03816. stone line at top of this horizon
    5C2—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very gravelly sandy clay loam; weak thin platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03817
    6C3—203 to 259 centimeters (79.9 to 102.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03818
    6C4—259 to 323 centimeters (102.0 to 127.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 30 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03819. rock controlled structure
    6C5—323 to 356 centimeters (127.2 to 140.2 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) interior extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 30 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # PSU03820. rock controlled structure