IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Duffield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955PA071005
  • User Pedon ID: S1955PA071005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955PA071005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0392
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32920
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.1000137
  • Std. Longitude: -76.2654800
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: profile description: Franklin County, Pennsylvania . lab data: Lancaster County.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA071—Lancaster
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA071—Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.G. Loughry
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Duffield
  • PSC - 37 to 87 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/26/2015
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Duffield
  • PSC - 33 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CORNU

    FAGUS

    QUAL

    RUBUS

    ULMUS

    Cornus

    Fagus

    Quercus alba

    Rubus

    Ulmus

    dogwood

    beech

    white oak

    blackberry

    elm

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    4—37

    37—98

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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

    5

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Not sampled; oak and maple leaves.
    Oe—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02953. Dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) organic mull.
    A—4 to 14 centimeters (1.6 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02954
    E—14 to 37 centimeters (5.5 to 14.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium platy parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02955
    Bt1—37 to 52 centimeters (14.6 to 20.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02956
    Bt2—52 to 70 centimeters (20.5 to 27.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02957
    Bt3—70 to 98 centimeters (27.6 to 38.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam, silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; distinct clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02958
    BC—98 to 128 centimeters (38.6 to 50.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, nonplastic; distinct clay films on faces of peds and manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02959
    C—128 to 172 centimeters (50.4 to 67.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; firm, nonplastic; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02960. Increasing to slightly acid in lower portions.