IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Weikert
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1993PA055039
User Pedon ID:
S1993PA055039
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
93P0795
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
66138
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
39.9222221
Std. Longitude:
-77.7533340
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Carlton Heights Area, 2 miles E. St. Thomas 1500 feet south of US 30; 2900 southwest of intersection of US 30 and T458
State:
Pennsylvania
County:
PA055—Franklin
MLRA:
147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
PA055—Franklin County, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
WRK, NBE
Current Taxonomic Class:
Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Dystrochrepts
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
39
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Weikert
Taxonomic Class -
Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Dystrochrepts
PSC -
0 to 46 cm.
Classificaton Date -
8/25/1993
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
valley
Landform:
knob
Geomorphic Component Hills:
interfluve
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Bedrock:
s moderate weathered shale, noncalcareous with <10
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/25/1993 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
46
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
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
Pedon Restrictions
Kind
Hardness
Restriction Depth L-H
Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
cm
bedrock, lithic
very strongly coherent
46 - 56
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Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
lithic contact
46—56
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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
2
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45
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Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, 90 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, dry; channery silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; medium toughness; rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine to medium roots between peds; 21.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 14 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments and 20 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05513; dry when described;
Bw—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); 80 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior and 20 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior very channery silt loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; medium toughness; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine to medium roots between peds; 3.0 very fine to medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 50 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05514; dry when described;
C—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); 70 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior and 30 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) exterior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior extremely channery silt loam; 2 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) fine distinct platy mottles; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; high toughness; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine to medium roots between peds; 0.5 medium and coarse low-continuity interstitial pores; 10 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) silt coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 80 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05515; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1306114; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1306114
R—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.5 medium and coarse low-continuity pores; 15 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3) silt coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 95 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments.; dry when described;. Shale (non-acid) highly fractured with soil material similar to C fine earth fraction in cracks. Could be dug to backhoe (some diff.) yellowish brown in color.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1306115; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1306115