IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Washington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991PA095006
  • User Pedon ID: 91PA095006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0641
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63683
  • 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: 40.7244453
  • Std. Longitude: -75.2966690
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lower Nazareth Township, 1 mile SE of Nazareth and .1 mile NW of Hollo; pedon is 2510 feet NE along Hollo Rd. from intersection with State Rt. 248; 450 feet NW of road in bean field.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA095—Northampton
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA095—Northampton County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Anderson, R. Grossman, N. Churchill, A. Daughtry, J. Chibirka, M. Cortes, J. Castro
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Washington
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 22 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/10/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: karstland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/10/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 34
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—56

    56—353

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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

    4

    55

    24.4

    128

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    315

    1092

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    —

    11.1

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    —

    10.6

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 2 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03640; moist when described;. Other than spaces created by separation of peds from excavation, there were no observed pores.
    Bt1—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent prominent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent prominent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments and 30 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments and 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03641; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174046; patchy - phpvsfiid 174044; patchy - phpvsfiid 174045; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174046; patchy - phpvsfiid 174044; patchy - phpvsfiid 174045
    Bt2—51 to 91 centimeters (20.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent prominent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments and 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 4 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03642; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 174047; continuous - phpvsfiid 174048; continuous - phpvsfiid 174049; patchy - phpvsfiid 174047; continuous - phpvsfiid 174048; continuous - phpvsfiid 174049
    Bt/C1—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); 90 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 coarse pores; 10 percent prominent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P03643; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 174050; continuous - phpvsfiid 174051; patchy - phpvsfiid 174050; continuous - phpvsfiid 174051
    Bt/C1—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03643
    Bt/C2—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches); 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bt/C2—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches); 90 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 25 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 medium moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 0.5 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent prominent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P03644; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 174052; continuous - phpvsfiid 174053; patchy - phpvsfiid 174052; continuous - phpvsfiid 174053
    C1—140 to 236 centimeters (55.1 to 92.9 inches); 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 medium moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 0.5 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03645; moist when described;. In strata - colors and percentages of colors reflect various amounts and colors of each strata within this horizon. Strata is due to in-site weathering of parent material.; continuous - phpvsfiid 191204; continuous - phpvsfiid 191204
    C2—236 to 264 centimeters (92.9 to 103.9 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior and 10 percent gray (10YR 5/1) interior silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak coarse platy structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 10 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P03646; moist when described;. (10YR 5/1) color is relic limestone fragment color (ghost); average, maximum, and minimum thicknesses are disregarded because boundaries are smooth.; patchy - phpvsfiid 191205; patchy - phpvsfiid 191205