IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gladstone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 516
  • User Pedon ID: S1959PA077013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 516
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA077013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44450
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 40.4769444
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4963889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Schreiber MF Farm, 216' E and 55' S of Rt. 39001, 2 mi Sof Vera Crus and 2 mi E of Old Zionsville.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA077—Lehigh
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-D4—Milford Square, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Carey, M. Yoworski, C. Engle, E. Mason
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gladstone
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Classifier - A. Friend
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Annandale
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/1959 ()
  • 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

    TRPR2

    Trifolium pratense

    red clover

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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

    9

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    221

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    90

    1150

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04029
    AB—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly loam; weak fine blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # PSU04030. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164215; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164215
    Bt1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04031
    Bt2—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly loam; weak medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films and manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04032
    Bt3—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and 7.5YR 4/ (7.5YR 4/), interior gravelly loam; weak medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04033. Clay films on some surfaces and faces.
    BC—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak coarse blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 tubular pores; faint clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04034
    C—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior coarse sandy loam; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04035. Very porous.