IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962PA011001
  • User Pedon ID: 1962PA011001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 64
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 40.4544444
  • Std. Longitude: -76.2691667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 72 ft S of T672, 1 mi SW of Rohrersburg, Tulpehocken Twp
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA011—Berks
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA011—Berks County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-D3—Bethel, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John B. Carey
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Classificaton Date - 3/18/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: shale and siltstone
  • Geology: Martinsburg formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/18/1962 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PHLEU

    TRPR2

    TRRE3

    Phleum

    Trifolium pratense

    Trifolium repens

    timothy

    red clover

    white clover

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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

    14

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    183

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    180

    1150

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    10.2

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior channery silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky; 6.0 medium roots; 15 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 5.0 medium roots; clay films; 35 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164483; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164483
    Bw2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very channery silt loam; weak fine blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.8 fine roots; clay films on all faces of peds; 50 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164482; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164482
    C1—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior extremely channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; clay films; 80 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164481; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164481
    C2—84 to 97 centimeters (33.1 to 38.2 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior extremely channery silty clay loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky; clay films on rock fragments; 90 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164480; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1164480