IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gladstone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 517
  • User Pedon ID: S1959PA077014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 517
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA077014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44451
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.5097222
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4588889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Reith Farm 55' W of lane, W of Limeport.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA077—Lehigh
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA077—Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-E4—Allentown East, 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 #: 14
  • 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

    TRAE

    Triticum aestivum

    common wheat

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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

    17

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    209

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    135

    1150

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10 percent by volume gneiss-acidic fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04036
    BA—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films; 5 percent by volume gneiss-acidic fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04037
    Bt1—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films; 5 percent by volume gneiss-acidic fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04038
    Bt2—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 15 percent by volume gneiss-acidic fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04039
    Bt3—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume gneiss-acidic fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04040
    Bt4—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior loam; weak medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume gneiss-acidic fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04041. Tendancy to platiness.
    BC—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior channery loam; weak coarse blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 55 percent by volume gneiss-acidic fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04042. Structure modified by 55% channers. Some clay films.
    C—124 to 137 centimeters (48.8 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; weak coarse platy, and structureless massive; friable; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04043. Slightly micaceous.