IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Glenelg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004PA029004
  • User Pedon ID: S2004PA029004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0249
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17428
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 39.8733063
  • Std. Longitude: -75.9322510
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Chester County, Pennsylvania; West Fallowfield Township, Duane Hershey Farm; 1600 feet North on Althouse Road from High Point Road, 38 paces East from PECO telephone pole in crop field.
  • Map Unit: GgB—Glenelg silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA029—Chester
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA029—Chester County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39075-G8—Oxford, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vicki Meyers and John Hudak
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Glenelg
  • PSC - 27 to 77 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2015
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Glenelg
  • Classificaton Date - 10/13/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: peters creek residuum weathered from mica schist and/or residuum weathered from metaquartzite
  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: moderate weathered schist, mica with 45 to <100
  • Geology: Peters Creek Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent flat subangular 2- to 150-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/13/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 17
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—27

    27—83

    —27—

    —56—
    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

    —

    121.9

    182.8

    —

    225

    1219

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    —

    10

    —

    —

    11

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    Ap1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; 26 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 24 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; 1.4 very fine roots throughout and 0.6 medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular and 0.7 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent by volume flat subangular 2-40-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01447; moist when described; observed in trench. Horizon was split into two horizons after sampling was completed. Therefore the lab results will be a combination of the now described Ap1 and Ap2. This split was based on later discussion of the pit and decided to describe for purposes of the research study.
    Ap2—9 to 27 centimeters (3.5 to 10.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; 26 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; high horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; 0.8 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular and 0.5 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent by volume flat subangular 2-40-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01447; moist when described; observed in trench. Horizon was split into two horizons after sampling was completed. Therefore the lab results will be a combination of the now described Ap1 and Ap2. This split was based on later discussion of the pit and decided to describe for purposes of the research study.
    Bt1—27 to 43 centimeters (10.6 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 30 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 27 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; high horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 6 percent by volume flat subangular 2-45-150 millimeter quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01448; moist when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 269326; patchy - phpvsfiid 269326
    Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; 35 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; 1.5 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 30 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 12 percent by volume flat subangular 2-45-150 millimeter schist, mica fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01449; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 269327; continuous - phpvsfiid 269327
    Bt3—61 to 83 centimeters (24.0 to 32.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior channery loam; 35 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 15 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 16 percent by volume flat subangular 2-50-150 millimeter quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01450; moist when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269328; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269328
    CB—83 to 108 centimeters (32.7 to 42.5 inches); 95 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and 5 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) interior channery sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; 0.3 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 8 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on tops of rock fragments; 20 percent by volume flat subangular 2-50-150 millimeter schist, mica fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01451; moist when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 269329; patchy - phpvsfiid 269329
    C1—108 to 140 centimeters (42.5 to 55.1 inches); variegated 50 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and 20 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior very parachannery coarse sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; rapid permeability; 25 percent medium prominent platy noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, mica flakes, unspecified with clear boundaries around rock fragments; 40 percent by volume flat subangular extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-55-150 millimeter schist, mica fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01452; moist when described; observed in trench
    C2—140 to 180 centimeters (55.1 to 70.9 inches); variegated 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and 20 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and 10 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior very flaggy coarse sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak thick platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; rapid permeability; 40 percent medium prominent platy noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, mica flakes, unspecified with clear boundaries around rock fragments; 10 percent by volume flat subangular extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-55-150 millimeter schist, mica fragments and 35 percent by volume flat subangular 150-300-380 millimeter schist, mica fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01453; moist when described; observed in trench
    C3—180 to 210 centimeters (70.9 to 82.7 inches); variegated 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and 20 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and 10 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior very flaggy coarse sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak very thick platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; rapid permeability; 43 percent medium prominent platy noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, mica flakes, unspecified with clear boundaries around rock fragments; 15 percent by volume flat subangular extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-55-150 millimeter schist, mica fragments and 45 percent by volume flat subangular 150-350-380 millimeter schist, mica fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue.; moist when described; observed in trench