IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bowmansville

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2001PA091001

User Pedon ID: S2001PA091001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 01N0546

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13265

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: 40.2847214

Std. Longitude: -75.5294418

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Montgomery Co., Pa Upper Frederick Twp. 659 feet WNw of Jct. Keyser Rd. nad Neiffer Rd. 300 feet west(downstream) of where gas pipeline crosses creek 50 feet N. of creek in the floodplain of a BrA Bowmansville, local alluvium map unit.

State: Pennsylvania

County: PA091—Montgomery

MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA091—Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

PEDON

Describers Name: John Chibirka, Vicki Wertz, Jake Eckenrode, Phil King.

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 1

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Bowmansville

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents

Classificaton Date - 2/12/2001

Moisture Class - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: piedmont

Landform: flood plain

Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope

Hill Slope Profile: toeslope

Slope Position: drainageway

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: poorly

Flooding: frequent flooding for very brief periods begining in nov

Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 180

Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 2/12/2001 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 19

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon agric horizon	0—25 71—0	—- —-

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	18	15.2	79	—	10	1168	—	—	13.9	—	—	14.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; strong fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 30.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03112; moist when described;. Bt2 - 13" linear feature of rounded gravel (stoneline possible old surface) Free water - Entering through. In muskpat krotivina on E & W side of pit in Ap2 horizon Free water - entering pit face a 2 binches

Ap2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; 8 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 20.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03113; moist when described;

Bwg—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior and interior silty clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium and coarse prominent irregular mottles; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 3 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03114; moist when described;

Bw1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) interior and interior silty clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent prominent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments; 7 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N03115; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 170566; patchy - phpvsfiid 170566

Bw2—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) interior and interior gravelly clay loam; 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 10.0 medium high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent prominent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments; 1 percent medium spherical very strongly coherent cemented reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 9 percent by volume rounded 2-76-150 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments and 11 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 01N03116; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 170567; patchy - phpvsfiid 170567

R—71 centimeters (28.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) interior and interior; moderate permeability; fragments.; moist when described;