IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Doylestown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99
  • User Pedon ID: 68PA017008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 99
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 68PA017008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45414
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 40.2697222
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1377778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 303 ft NE of twp line, 735 ft after twp line crosses Turk Rd on the Neshaminy Manor Home 3 mi S of Doylestown
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA017—Bucks
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-C2—Doylestown, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. P. Matelski, R.L.Cunningham and E.H. Sautter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Doylestown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Doylestown
  • 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
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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

    1

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    98

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    45

    1100

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    10.6

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00733
    2Btg—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00734; wet, satiated when described;. Roots are along prism faces.
    3Bgx1—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and fine and medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00735; wet, satiated when described;. Prism face light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); roots along prism faces.
    3Bgx2—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00736; wet, satiated when described;. Roots along prism faces; prism faces are light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); continuous - phpvsfiid 1164079; continuous - phpvsfiid 1164079
    3Bgx3—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00737; wet, satiated when described;. Prism faces light brownish gray (10YR 6/2).; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164080; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164080
    3Bgx4—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silt loam; weak medium and coarse platy, and structureless massive, and weak very coarse prismatic; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00738; wet, satiated when described;. Prism face light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164081; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164081
    3Bgx5—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse platy, and structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00739; wet, satiated when described;. Prism face light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164082; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164082
    4R—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior; platy structure; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00740; wet, satiated when described;. "Black (10YR 2/1) silt loam coatings on rock fragments; texture is shale, shale with silt coatings, platy shale 0.5 to 3 inches thick."