IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hagerstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969PA109008
  • User Pedon ID: 1969PA109008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 69PA109008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 69PA109008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45232
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 40.7863889
  • Std. Longitude: -77.0891667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.5 mi W of Middleburg, 125 ft W of Hassinger Church.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA109—Snyder
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-G1—Middleburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey, E. Sautter, P. Parrish, R. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mertz
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.06 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.06 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.12 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.48 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/1969 ()
  • 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

    TRIFO

    Phleum

    Trifolium

    timothy

    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

    12

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    192

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    180

    1000

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05490
    Bt1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05491. continuous - phpvsfiid 534861; continuous - phpvsfiid 534861
    Bt2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains; 5 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05492. continuous - phpvsfiid 534863; continuous - phpvsfiid 534863
    Bt3—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05493
    BC—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; weak very coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05494. continuous - phpvsfiid 534866; continuous - phpvsfiid 534866
    C1—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior channery silty clay loam; weak fine platy structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05495
    C2—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior channery silty clay loam; weak fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05496