IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Conestoga
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1955PA071011
User Pedon ID:
55PA071011
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1955PA071011
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A0365
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
32893
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
39.9866676
Std. Longitude:
-76.3055573
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 1/2 mile east of New Danville, in woods on Elem H. Myers farm, 100 feet north and 100 feet west of southeast corner of woods. Aerial photo No. R-7-43.
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
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Conestoga
PSC -
38 to 89 cm.
Classificaton Date -
10/22/2002
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Conestoga
Classificaton Date -
9/12/1955
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/12/1955 (actual site observation date)
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
CARYA
CORNU
QUAL
Carya
Cornus
Quercus alba
hybrid hickory
dogwood
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
3
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A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; fine and medium granular, and medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A2713
O2—1 to 0 centimeters (0.4 to 0.0 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A2712. Not sampled; dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) leaf mold.
O1—4 to 1 centimeters (1.6 to 0.4 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A2711. Not sampled; mixed hard wood leaves.
A2—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium platy parts to weak fine granular structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A2714
B1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A2715
B21t—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent coats on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A2716
B22t—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A2717
B23t—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A2718
B3t—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A2719
C—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; platy structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A2720