IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hagerstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977PA027046
  • User Pedon ID: 1977PA027046
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 77PA027046
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 77PA027046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43539
  • 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: 40.7155556
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9350000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Penn State Rock Springs Agro. Farm, 3 mi SW of Pine Grove Mills, 300 ft SE into field
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA027—Centre
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-F8—Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Pennock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 46
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 4/19/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/19/1977 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    POPR

    Poa pratensis

    Kentucky bluegrass

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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

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    403

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    315

    1000

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01389
    E—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); 7.5YR 4/ (7.5YR 4/), interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01390
    Bt1—48 to 91 centimeters (18.9 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior clay; moderate and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01391. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532257; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532257
    Bt2—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) interior clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01392. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532259; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532259
    Bt3—109 to 135 centimeters (42.9 to 53.1 inches); 5YR 4/ (5YR 4/), interior clay; strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 70 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01393. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532261; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532261
    C—135 to 137 centimeters (53.1 to 53.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silt; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01394
    R—137 to 157 centimeters (53.9 to 61.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU01395