IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Washington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991PA095007
  • User Pedon ID: 91PA095007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0642
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63684
  • 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: 40.7255554
  • Std. Longitude: -75.2961121
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lower Nazareth, .2 miles N of Hollo; pedon is .1 mile NE along Hollo Rd. from intersection with State Route 248, 500 feet NW of road in woods.
  • 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, N. Churchill, E. White, R. Grossman, A. Daughtry, M. Cortes, J. Chibirka, J. Castro, M. Levin, L. Matula, D. Kingsbury
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Washington
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 35 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/10/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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—89

    89—381

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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

    3

    46

    15.2

    122

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    1092

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    —

    11.1

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    10.6

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    Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03647; moist when described;
    AB—16 to 35 centimeters (6.3 to 13.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine and medium cylindrical worm casts; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03648; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 191206; patchy - phpvsfiid 191206
    Bt1—35 to 59 centimeters (13.8 to 23.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine and medium cylindrical worm casts; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03649; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191207; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191207
    Bt2—59 to 86 centimeters (23.2 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent prominent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03650; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 191208; patchy - phpvsfiid 191209; patchy - phpvsfiid 191208; patchy - phpvsfiid 191209
    Bt3—86 to 125 centimeters (33.9 to 49.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent prominent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03651; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 191210; patchy - phpvsfiid 191211; patchy - phpvsfiid 191210; patchy - phpvsfiid 191211
    Bt4—125 to 150 centimeters (49.2 to 59.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent prominent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments. Lab sample # 91P03652; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 191212; patchy - phpvsfiid 191213; patchy - phpvsfiid 191212; patchy - phpvsfiid 191213