IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Montalto
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955PA071007
  • User Pedon ID: S1955PA071007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955PA071007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0370
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32898
  • Print Date: 6/21/2024

    • 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: 40.1702919
  • Std. Longitude: -76.6238251
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 1-1/2 miles northeast of Newville, 200 feet north of sawmill, 75 feet west of road. Aerial photo No. AHG-10-38.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA071—Lancaster
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA071—Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.G. Loughry
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Montalto
  • PSC - 38 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AHG-10-38
  • 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

    BETUL

    CARYA

    CORNU

    PIVI2

    QUAL

    Betula

    Carya

    Cornus

    Pinus virginiana

    Quercus alba

    birch

    hybrid hickory

    dogwood

    Virginia pine

    white oak

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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

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02749. Not sampled; mixed hardwood leaves.
    O2—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02750. Not sampled; well rotted leaf litter.
    A1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02751
    A2—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02752. Silt loam with acid.
    B1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02753
    B21t—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02754
    B22t—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02755
    B23t—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02756
    B3—94 to 135 centimeters (37.0 to 53.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02757
    C—135 to 157 centimeters (53.1 to 61.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak platy structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02758