IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lansdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955PA071009
  • User Pedon ID: 55PA071009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955PA071009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0393
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32921
  • 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: 40.2047234
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4877777
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 1/2 mile north of Mastersonville, 90 feet east of southwest corner of woods, 40 feet north of road. Aerial photo AHG-20-22.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA071—Lancaster
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA071—Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.G. Loughry
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lansdale
  • PSC - 48 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AHG-20-22
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    QUAL

    Acer

    Quercus alba

    maple

    white 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

    10

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02963
    O2—1 to 0 centimeters (0.4 to 0.0 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02962. Not sampled; dark reddish brown leaf mold.
    O1—4 to 1 centimeters (1.6 to 0.4 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Not sampled; mixed hardwood leaves.
    A2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02964
    B1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02965
    B21t—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02966
    B22t—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02967
    B3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; coats and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats on faces of peds; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02968