IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 492
  • User Pedon ID: 1990PA071048
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 492
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 90PA071048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44423
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 39.9097222
  • Std. Longitude: -76.2900000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From Pequa, east on 324 to RR tunnel. Go straight onto unnamed road (do not make left at stop). Follow alongside RR tracks for 1830 meters from stop sign, then go due south for 650 meters.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA071—Lancaster
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA071—Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39076-H3—Conestoga, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JONATHAN POLLACK AND ROBERT DOBOS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty over clayey, micaceous Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 48
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chester
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Classifier - A. Friend
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • 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: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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

    QUPR2

    Kalmia latifolia

    Quercus prinus

    mountain laurel

    chestnut oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—43

    43—107

    43—64

    64—107

    107—135

    135—170

    170—201

    201—353

    —43—

    —64—

    —21—

    —43—

    —28—

    —35—

    —31—

    —152—
    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

    8

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    185

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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; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03821. "although an O horizon was present, it was not described"
    E—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 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 # PSU03822
    BE—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior clay loam; moderate 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 # PSU03823. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164231; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164231
    2Bt1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 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 wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03824. continuous - phpvsfiid 1164232; continuous - phpvsfiid 1164232
    3Bt2—64 to 107 centimeters (25.2 to 42.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on rock fragments; 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03825. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164233; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164233
    4C1—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03826
    5C2—135 to 155 centimeters (53.1 to 61.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior extremely gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03827. stone line at top of this horizon
    5C3—155 to 170 centimeters (61.0 to 66.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03828
    6Btb—170 to 201 centimeters (66.9 to 79.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) interior sandy clay loam; weak thin platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03829
    7BC—201 to 224 centimeters (79.1 to 88.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior extremely gravelly loamy sand; moderate thin platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03830
    7Cr1—224 to 254 centimeters (88.2 to 100.0 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) interior extremely cobbly sandy loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03831. rock controlled structure
    7Cr2—254 to 292 centimeters (100.0 to 115.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior sandy loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03832. rock controlled structure
    7C1—292 to 315 centimeters (115.0 to 124.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4) interior and reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior fine sandy loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03833. "structured saprolite, rock controlled structure"
    7C2—315 to 353 centimeters (124.0 to 139.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4) interior and reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior fine sandy loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # PSU03834. "structured saprolite, rock controlled structure"