IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Unknown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001PA091003
  • User Pedon ID: S2001PA091003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0548
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13267
  • 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: 40.2866669
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5344467
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Montgomery Co, Upper Frederick Twp, 400' E. of Jct. of Eagleysville Rd. and Keyser Rd. along N. side of Keyser Rd. on W. side of creek, 80 feet NW of bridge, in a BrA 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, Jake Eckenrode, Vicki Wertz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial over fragmental, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Endoaquepts
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unknown
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial over fragmental, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Endoaquepts
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2001
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for very brief periods begining in nov
  • Ponding: brief periods begining in dec
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 270
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/13/2001 (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

    cambic horizon

    0—10

    10—91

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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

    1

    305

    152.4

    88

    —

    135

    1168

    —

    —

    13.9

    —

    —

    10.6

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03121; moist when described;. orizon Bg3- redox conc ?????pores Free water entering pit face at bwg3 (1b-29")
    Bwg1—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay loam; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent dendritic mottles; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03122; moist when described;
    Bwg2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and coarse prominent dendritic mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine to coarse high-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03123; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170583; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170583
    Bwg3—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 12 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent spherical mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine to coarse high-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; , moist,; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03124; moist when described;
    Bwg4—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) interior and reddish gray (5YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 8 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent spherical mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; , moist,; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03125; moist when described;
    Apb—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium distinct dendritic and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium dendritic mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 20.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; , moist,; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03126; moist when described;
    Btb—107 to 183 centimeters (42.1 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and 10YR (10YR/), interior silty clay loam; 5 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and medium prominent irregular and 20 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium prominent irregular and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) coarse prominent irregular mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent prominent black (N 2/0), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 3 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent medium cylindrical weakly coherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 4/4) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 01N03127; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 170587; patchy - phpvsfiid 170588; patchy - phpvsfiid 170587; patchy - phpvsfiid 170588