IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989PA055011
  • User Pedon ID: 89PA055011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0277
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62210
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: NE portion of F.S.#54, 300 feet SW of 3012 & T.459
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA055—Franklin

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. many fine roots
    Bw1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01755
    Bw2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01755
    C—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) mottles; firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    CR—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); fragments. some areas have soil material approximately 50 percent of total volume