IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thorndale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982PA075016
  • User Pedon ID: 1982PA075016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 82PA075016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44435
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 40.2988889
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4258333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.5 mi N of Quentin (crossroads Rt. 419 and Rt. 72 at light) 500' S of barn in meadow.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA075—Lebanon
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA075—Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-C4—Lebanon, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Lipscomb, Dr. R. Cunningham, G. Martin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Thorndale
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thorndale
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/1982 ()
  • 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
    • 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

    2

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    148

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    270

    1100

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03931
    Bt1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03932; wet, satiated when described;
    Bt2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03933; wet, satiated when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 533750; patchy - phpvsfiid 533750
    Bt3—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 10 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03934; wet, satiated when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 533751; patchy - phpvsfiid 533751
    Bx1—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent fine faint reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6); 25 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03935; wet, satiated when described;
    Bx2—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior gravelly clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 60 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/2); 35 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03936; wet, satiated when described;
    Bx3—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior and gray (5YR 6/1) broken face loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03937; wet, satiated when described;. Prism faces (5YR 6/1).
    Bx4—142 to 173 centimeters (55.9 to 68.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior and gray (5YR 6/1) broken face loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8); 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03938; wet, satiated when described;. Prism faces (5YR 6/1).; patchy - phpvsfiid 533752; patchy - phpvsfiid 533752