IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brecknock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956PA029012
  • User Pedon ID: S1956PA029012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956PA029012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0367
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32895
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 40.2044449
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7255554
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Chester County, Pennsylvania. Hill School property, North Coventry Twp., 1 mile north of Harmonyville, 300 feet west of sharp bend in route 15130, in woods 100 feet south of southwest corner of field on line toward shagbark hickory, 25 feet north of hickory. Aerial photo AHK-43-44.
  • 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, F. Glade Loughry, E.J. Pedersen, J.J. Noll, J.B. Carey, G.M. Phibbs, and Robert Zimmerman.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brecknock
  • PSC - 38 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AHK-43-44
  • 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

    2MOSS

    BETUL

    CARYA

    CORNU

    FAGUS

    QUAL

    RUBUS

    SMILA2

    THUJA

    VIBUR

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    Betula

    Carya

    Cornus

    Fagus

    Quercus alba

    Rubus

    Smilax

    Thuja

    Viburnum

    Moss

    birch

    hybrid hickory

    dogwood

    beech

    white oak

    blackberry

    greenbrier

    arborvitae

    viburnum

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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

    10

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02728. Not sampled; hardwood leaf litter.
    O2—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02729. Not sampled; black leaf mold.
    A1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) stony silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02730
    A2—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) stony silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02731
    B1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) stony silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02732
    B2t—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) stony silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02733
    B3—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) stony silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02734
    C1—81 to 96 centimeters (31.9 to 37.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) stony sandy loam; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02735