IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Letort
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 488
  • User Pedon ID: 19982PA071040
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 488
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 82PA071040
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44418
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 39.9825000
  • Std. Longitude: -76.2600000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1500 ft W from Mylon Corners on Rt222, 5.5 mi on Eshelman Rd, 1000 ft W on lane, 35 ft off SW of tobacco barn
  • 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: G. Lipscomb, R. Cunningham, B. Custer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 40
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Letort
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Letort
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1982 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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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    128

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    90

    1000

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    10.7

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent by volume schist, graphitic fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03787. pH 8.0 on Troug
    Ap2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior silt loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent by volume schist, graphitic fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03788. "pH 8.0, Troug."
    Bt1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume schist, graphitic fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03789. pH 8.0 on Troug
    Bt2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume schist, graphitic fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03790
    Bt3—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent by volume schist, graphitic fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03791. "Horizontal streaks about 0.25 inches of 10YR 3/1 very dark gray, few pockets of 10YR 3/3 dark brown."
    Bt4—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03792. Fragments of 5YR 3/6 reddish brown
    BC—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume schist, graphitic fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03793. "Horizontal streaks about 0.25 inches of 10YR 3/1 very dark gray, many pockets of 10YR 3/3 dark brown."
    C1—102 to 157 centimeters (40.2 to 61.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and black (5YR 2/1) interior silt loam, loamy sand; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent by volume schist, graphitic fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual broken boundary. Lab sample # PSU03794. "Stratified colors of 10YR 3/2 very dark grayish brown, 5YR 4/4 reddish brown 5YR 2/1 black; stratified silt loam and loamy sand streaks; evidence of weak very thin platy."
    C2—157 to 208 centimeters (61.8 to 81.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and black (5YR 2/1) interior silt loam, loamy sand; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume schist, graphitic fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03795. "Stratified colors of 10YR 3/2 very dark grayish brown, 5YR 4/4 reddish brown 5YR 2/1 black; stratified silt loam and loamy sand streaks; evidence of weak very thick platy."
    R—208 to 250 centimeters (81.9 to 98.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU03796