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: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.9866676
  • 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
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    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