IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Berks
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1959PA077006
User Pedon ID:
S1959PA077006
Vegetation Plot ID:
509
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
59PA077006
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
44442
Print Date:
12/17/2024
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:
40.5616667
Std. Longitude:
-75.7141667
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Site located in PA011 Walbert Farm, 40 ft S of the diversion 12 ft above the strip boundary.
Map Unit:
BkC—Berks-Weikert complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes
State:
Pennsylvania
County:
PA077—Lehigh
MLRA:
147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
PA077—Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
40075-E6—Topton, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
F. Loughry, J. Carey, M. Yoworski, C. Engle, E. Mason
Current Taxonomic Class:
Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PSU
Pedon #:
6
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Berks
Classificaton Date -
5/7/2012
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Montevallo
Taxonomic Class -
Loamy-skeletal, mixed, subactive, thermic, shallow Typic Dystrudepts
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
7/15/1959
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
hills
Landform:
hillslope
Geomorphic Component Hills:
nose slope
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Slope Position:
upper third
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/15/1959 ()
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
row crop
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
MESA
Medicago sativa
alfalfa
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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
18
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—
238
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170
1150
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—
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9.9
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Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior very channery silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 40 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03975. "40% fragments to 4"" long, average 1 1/2""."
BA—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior extremely channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 60 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03976. "Structure modified by shale fragments. 60% fragments 1"" to 4"" long. Some clay bridging. Very porous."
Bw—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior extremely channery silt loam; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 80 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03977. "Structureless. 80% fragments 1"" to 6"" long. Some clay bridging. Very porous."
C—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior extremely channery silt loam; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 90 percent by volume ? to 265-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03978. "Structureless. 90% fragments 1"" to 8"" long. Partial clay films on shale fragments."