IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brecknock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956PA029011
  • User Pedon ID: 56PA029011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956PA029011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0385
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32913
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 40.1833344
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6927795
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Chester County, Pennsylvania. Webster property; South Coventry Twp., 3/4 mile north of Coventryville, East of Route T470. 220 feet east of road starting at building lot stake 100 feet south of house on west side of road, 40 feet east of birch tree with bent top. Photo AHK-48-48.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA029—Chester
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA029—Chester County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Merrill Kunkle, F.G. Loughry, E.J. Pedersen, J.J. Noll, G.M. Phibbs, John Carey and Robert Zimmerman.
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brecknock
  • PSC - 41 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/24/2013
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1956
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AHK-48-48
  • 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

    2MOSS

    CORNU

    KALA

    QUAL

    QUVE

    VACCI

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    Cornus

    Kalmia latifolia

    Quercus alba

    Quercus velutina

    Vaccinium

    Moss

    dogwood

    mountain laurel

    white oak

    black oak

    blueberry

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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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) stony silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02890
    O2—3 to 0 centimeters (1.2 to 0.0 inches); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02889. Not sampled; leaf mold matted with roots and fungus mycelium.
    O1—5 to 3 centimeters (2.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02888. Not sampled; hardwood leaf litter.
    A2—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), stony silt loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02891
    B1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), and dark gray (N 4/), stony silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02892. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164502; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164502
    B21t—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) stony silty clay loam; weak and moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02893. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164503; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164503
    B22t—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) stony silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02894. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164504; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164504
    B3—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) stony silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A02895
    C1—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), stony silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter slate fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02896
    102 centimeters (40.2 inches); dark bluish gray (5B 4/1) stones; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02897. Weathered slate.