IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weikert

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1993PA055040

User Pedon ID: S1993PA055040

Vegetation Plot ID: S1993PA055040

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 93P0796

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66139

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: 39.9225006

Std. Longitude: -77.7555542

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Carlton Height Area; 2 miles east St. Thomas 1000 feet south of US 30; 3100 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 #: 40

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:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
CARYA QUERC	Carya Quercus	hybrid hickory oak	— —	— —	— —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, lithic	very strongly coherent	46 - 71	- 25 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
lithic contact	46—71	—25—

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
3	—	—	—	—	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches);, 50 percent gray (10YR 5/1) interior and 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, dry; channery silt loam; moderate very fine and fine single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subangular shale, noncalcareous fragments and 10 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05516; dry when described;

BE—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and 40 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior channery silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subangular shale, noncalcareous fragments and 20 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05517; dry when described;

Bw—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); 40 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior and 60 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior very channery loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; medium toughness; rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots between peds and around fragments; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 5 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 50 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05518; dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 1306116; patchy - phpvsfiid 1306116

C—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); 30 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior and 70 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior extremely channery loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and single grain; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; medium toughness; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine to medium roots between peds and around fragments; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 80 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05519; dry when described;

R—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); rapid permeability; 96 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green.; dry when described;. fractured, acid, yellowish-brown, soft clay shale [1/4-1/2"""" between fractures (some soil material similar to C fine earth fraction in cracks)].