IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hagerstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987PA027080
  • User Pedon ID: 1987PA027080
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 87PA027080
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 87PA027080
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44117
  • 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: 40.8344444
  • Std. Longitude: -77.6555556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Wolf farm. 0.6 mi NE of Old Fort on Pa 45 then 0.6 mi SSE on road just past canning factory to wooded area on low ridge.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA027—Centre
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-G6—Centre Hall, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Edward J Ciolkosz and Robert R. Dobos
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 80
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: valley floor
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/30/1987 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    ACSA3

    CARYA

    PRSE2

    QUAL

    Acer saccharum

    Carya

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus alba

    sugar maple

    hybrid hickory

    black cherry

    white oak

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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

    4

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    428

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    22

    990

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    9.6

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01627
    E—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01628
    BE—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01629
    Bt1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 14 percent prominent black (5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains and 38 percent distinct 5YR 5/ (5YR 5/) clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01630
    Bt2—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior gravelly clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 38 percent prominent black (5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains and 70 percent distinct 5YR 4/ (5YR 4/) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01631
    Bt3—89 to 124 centimeters (35.0 to 48.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 14 percent prominent black (5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains and 70 percent distinct 5YR 5/ (5YR 5/) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01632
    Bt4—124 to 150 centimeters (48.8 to 59.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 14 percent distinct 5YR 5/ (5YR 5/) clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent prominent black (5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01633
    Bt5—150 to 183 centimeters (59.1 to 72.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 14 percent prominent black (5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains and 70 percent distinct 5YR 5/ (5YR 5/) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01634
    BC—183 to 254 centimeters (72.0 to 100.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 14 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores and 14 percent prominent black (5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01635