IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 494
  • User Pedon ID: 1990PA071050
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 494
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 90PA071050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44425
  • 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: 39.9111111
  • Std. Longitude: -76.2888889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From Pequa, east on 324 to RR tunnel. Straight onto unnamed road (do not turn left at stop sign). From stop sign follow alongside RR tracks for 1780 meters, then go due south 370 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 #: 50
  • 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 - 11/12/1990
  • 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: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/12/1990 ()
  • 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

    QUPR2

    QURU

    Quercus prinus

    Quercus rubra

    chestnut oak

    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

    3

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    176

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    10

    1080

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    9.3

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    10.5

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03847. "although an O horizon was present, it was not described"
    E—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03848
    BE—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03849
    Bt—30 to 66 centimeters (11.8 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03850
    2Bw1—66 to 107 centimeters (26.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior extremely cobbly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 70 percent faint clay films on rock fragments; 1 percent medium distinct ; 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03851. slightly brittle; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164226; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164226
    2Bw2—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior extremely cobbly sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 70 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03852. slightly brittle; continuous - phpvsfiid 1164227; continuous - phpvsfiid 1164227
    2Bw2—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior extremely cobbly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03853. slightly brittle; continuous - phpvsfiid 1164228; continuous - phpvsfiid 1164228
    3Bt—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior gravelly clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03854
    4Btb—203 to 218 centimeters (79.9 to 85.8 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 4 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03855. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164229; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164229
    5Bw—218 to 236 centimeters (85.8 to 92.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior extremely cobbly sandy clay loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent faint clay films on rock fragments; 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03856. continuous - phpvsfiid 1164230; continuous - phpvsfiid 1164230
    6C—236 to 262 centimeters (92.9 to 103.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior sandy clay loam; weak thin platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03857
    7C—262 to 290 centimeters (103.1 to 114.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior extremely cobbly clay loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03858
    8C—290 to 328 centimeters (114.2 to 129.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior sandy clay loam; weak thin platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03859
    9C—328 to 338 centimeters (129.1 to 133.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior extremely cobbly clay loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03860. rock controlled structure
    10Cr—338 to 381 centimeters (133.1 to 150.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior fine sandy loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # PSU03861. "structured saprolite, stone line at top of this horizon, rock controlled structure"