IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Steinsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956PA029007
  • User Pedon ID: S1956PA029007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956PA029007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0390
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32918
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.2183342
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6313858
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Chester County, Pennsylvania. William F. Tyson farm, East Coventry Twp., 1/2 mile south of cemetery on Schuylkill road east of Kenilworth. In small patch of woods 40 feet east of township road T531, 70 feet from south edge of woods. Aerial photo AHK-44-52.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA029—Chester
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA029—Chester County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Merrill Kunkle, E.J. Pedersen, F.G. Loughry, J.J. Noll, John B. Carey, and G.M. Phibbs.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Steinsburg
  • PSC - 25 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/2014
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AHK-44-52
  • 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

    FAGUS

    QUAL

    QUPA2

    Carya

    Fagus

    Quercus alba

    Quercus palustris

    hybrid hickory

    beech

    white oak

    pin oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—24

    24—65

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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

    4

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Not sampled; hardwood leaf litter.
    Oe—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Not sampled; rotted leaf mold.
    A—4 to 12 centimeters (1.6 to 4.7 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02937
    E—12 to 24 centimeters (4.7 to 9.4 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak thin platy, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02938
    Bt1—24 to 32 centimeters (9.4 to 12.6 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02939
    Bt2—32 to 45 centimeters (12.6 to 17.7 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02940. continuous - phpvsfiid 1164522; continuous - phpvsfiid 1164522
    Bt3—45 to 65 centimeters (17.7 to 25.6 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02941
    Ct—65 to 80 centimeters (25.6 to 31.5 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) extremely gravelly loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; clay films on rock fragments; 85 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02942. 80 to 90 percent rotten sandstone. This material continues below 30 inches becoming harder and less weathered.