IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Montalto
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955PA071010
  • User Pedon ID: S1955PA071010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955PA071010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0371
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32899
  • 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: 40.1705704
  • Std. Longitude: -76.6418762
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 5/8 mile east southeast of Belair, near twin white oak and several tulip poplars, 380 feet west southwest of telephone pole C-tel. co.-8.
  • 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 #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Montalto
  • PSC - 20 to 71 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)
  • 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

    FAGUS

    QUAL

    Fagus

    Quercus alba

    beech

    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
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    O1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Not sampled; partly rotted hardwood leaves.
    O2—4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2.0 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02760. Not sampled; dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) leaf mold.
    A1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02761
    A2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium platy parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02762
    B1t—25 to 35 centimeters (9.8 to 13.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films on faces of peds and clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02763
    B21t—35 to 51 centimeters (13.8 to 20.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02764
    B22t—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; manganese or iron-manganese stains and distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02765
    B23t—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02766
    B3t—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02767
    C—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) weathered bedrock; weak platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02768