IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HAGERSTOWN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: PSU dairy pasture
  • User Pedon ID: S2004PA027008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0352
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17681
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 40.8163338
  • Std. Longitude: -77.8707199
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: HENRY LINN PSU/NRCS SOIL INFILTRATION STUDY. HAGERSTOWN, PSU DAIRY PASTURE IN STATE COLLEGE. JULIAN QUAD IN CENTRE COUNTY.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA027—Centre
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-G8—Julian, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ECKENRODE, PLOWDEN, ELLENBERGER
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HAGERSTOWN
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/2004
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: limestone, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/3/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 43 centimeters (0.0 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face silt loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 50-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; 30 percent by weight of rock fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02002; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—34 to 64 centimeters (13.4 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine and medium dendritic tubular pores; 60 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 50-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; 8 percent by weight of rock fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02003; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 277982; continuous - phpvsfiid 277982
    Bt2—64 to 88 centimeters (25.2 to 34.6 inches); 95 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 60 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent coarse prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented manganese masses with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 50-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; 5 percent by weight of rock fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02004; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 277983; continuous - phpvsfiid 277983
    Bt3—88 to 126 centimeters (34.6 to 49.6 inches); 80 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) broken face silty clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 60 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent very coarse prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented manganese masses with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 50-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; 6.3 percent by weight of rock fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02005; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 277984; continuous - phpvsfiid 277984
    B/C—126 to 171 centimeters (49.6 to 67.3 inches); 90 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) broken face silt loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; high excavation difficulty; 0.1 very fine irregular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent very coarse prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented manganese masses with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 50-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; 3.2 percent by weight of rock fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02006; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 277985; continuous - phpvsfiid 277985
    C/B—171 to 217 centimeters (67.3 to 85.4 inches); 90 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) broken face flaggy silty clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; high excavation difficulty; 0.1 very fine irregular pores; 50 percent faint clay films between sand grains; 10 percent very coarse prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented manganese masses with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 50-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue.; moist when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 277986; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 277986