IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lansdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955PA071008
  • User Pedon ID: S1955PA071008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955PA071008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0389
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32917
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 40.1522217
  • Std. Longitude: -76.5747223
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 1-1/2 mile north of Rhums and 1-1/2 mile east of Elizabethtown, Raymond Myers farm, in woods 250 feet west of road, 70 feet from south edge of woods. Aerial photo No. AHG-7D-30.
  • 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 Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lansdale
  • PSC - 33 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AHG-7D-30
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    CARYA

    CELTI

    CORNU

    FRAXI

    QUERC

    Carya

    Celtis

    Cornus

    Fraxinus

    Quercus

    hybrid hickory

    hackberry

    dogwood

    ash

    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

    5

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Not sampled; hardwood leaf litter.
    O2—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Not sampled; rotted leaf mold.
    A1—4 to 17 centimeters (1.6 to 6.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02928
    A2—17 to 37 centimeters (6.7 to 14.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02929
    B1t—37 to 47 centimeters (14.6 to 18.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02930
    B2t—47 to 70 centimeters (18.5 to 27.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02931
    B3—70 to 85 centimeters (27.6 to 33.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02932
    C—85 to 98 centimeters (33.5 to 38.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 50 percent by volume arkose fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02933. Sandstone is weathered yellowish gray.
    98 to 98 centimeters (38.6 to 38.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02934. Not sampled; mixed red and yellow Triassic rocks.