IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chalfont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97
  • User Pedon ID: 68PA017006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 97
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA017006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45412
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.2788889
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1147222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 693 ft NE of P.E. pole 5480 on Webber farm, 1 mi E of Edison on Pebble Hill Rd, Doylstown Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA017—Bucks
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-C1—Buckingham, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. B. Carey, E. H. Sautter and Carl Guernsey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chalfont
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chalfont
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: lowland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/1968 ()
  • 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

    2FORB

    2GA

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    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    Grass, annual

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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

    2

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    79

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    225

    1100

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    10.6

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00715
    Bt1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 60 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00716
    Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; light gray (10YR 7/1) coats and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent fine and medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00717. Roots concentrate on prism faces
    Bgx1—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak fine platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 5/3); 2 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00718. Prism face light gray (10YR 7/1); friable displaced; silt films on prism faces; occasional shale fragments.
    Bgx2—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 60 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4); 2 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00719. Occasional shale fragments; friable displaced; prism face light gray (10YR 7/1)
    2Bgx3—84 to 119 centimeters (33.1 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 70 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 60 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3); 70 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00720. Prism faces light gray (10YR 7/1)
    2Bgx4—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 70 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent medium faint brown (7.5YR 5/2) and 60 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 50 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00721; wet, satiated when described;. Prism faces light gray (10YR 7/1)
    2Cg1—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 60 percent medium faint brown (7.5YR 5/2) and 60 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 70 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00722; wet, satiated when described;
    2Cg2—178 to 185 centimeters (70.1 to 72.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 60 percent medium faint brown (7.5YR 5/2) and 60 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 85 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00723; wet, satiated when described;