IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Glenelg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956PA029002
  • User Pedon ID: S1956PA029002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956PA029002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0388
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32916
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 39.9230556
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5691667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Chester County, Pennsylvania. H.B. Spackman farm, Thornbury Twp. 1/2 mile west of Darlington Corners on Street Road. In woods 260 feet from east edge of woods, 110 feet south of road. Aerial photo AHK-44-89.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA029—Chester
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA029—Chester County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.M. Kunkle, F.G. Loughry, E.J. Pedersen, J.J. Noll, J.B. Carey, and G.M. Phibbs.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Glenelg
  • PSC - 39 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/2016
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Glenelg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 39 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1956
  • Classifier - Soil Survey Staff
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peters Creek loamy residuum weathered from mica schist
  • Landscape: highlands piedmont
  • Landform: nearly level to steep dissected hill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AHK-44-89
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    CARYA

    CORNU

    FAGUS

    VIBUR

    Carya

    Cornus

    Fagus

    Viburnum

    hybrid hickory

    dogwood

    beech

    viburnum

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    79 - 105

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    paralithic materials

    3—39

    39—64

    79—105

    79—105

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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

    13

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02918. Not sampled; hardwood leaf litter.
    Oe—2 to 3 centimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Not sampled; black mull.
    A—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A2919
    E—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A2920
    BE—28 to 39 centimeters (11.0 to 15.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and platy structure; firm; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A2921
    Bt1—39 to 51 centimeters (15.4 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A2922
    Bt2—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A2923
    BCt—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A2924
    Cr—79 to 105 centimeters (31.1 to 41.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) bedrock; 65 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A2925. Fragmented gneiss and schist containing 50 to 80 percent coarse fragments increasing downward and showing schistose rock structure.