IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weikert
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993PA055040
  • User Pedon ID: S1993PA055040
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993PA055040
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0796
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66139
  • 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: 39.9225006
  • Std. Longitude: -77.7555542
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Carlton Height Area; 2 miles east St. Thomas 1000 feet south of US 30; 3100 southwest of intersection of US 30 and T458.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA055—Franklin
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA055—Franklin County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WRK, NBE
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 40
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weikert
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Dystrochrepts
  • PSC - 0 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: knob
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: s moderate weathered shale, noncalcareous with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 46
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    QUERC

    Carya

    Quercus

    hybrid hickory

    oak

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

    bedrock, lithic

    very strongly coherent

    46 - 71

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

    lithic contact

    46—71

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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

    3

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    40

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches);, 50 percent gray (10YR 5/1) interior and 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, dry; channery silt loam; moderate very fine and fine single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subangular shale, noncalcareous fragments and 10 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05516; dry when described;
    BE—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and 40 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior channery silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subangular shale, noncalcareous fragments and 20 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05517; dry when described;
    Bw—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); 40 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior and 60 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior very channery loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; medium toughness; rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots between peds and around fragments; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 5 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 50 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05518; dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 1306116; patchy - phpvsfiid 1306116
    C—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); 30 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior and 70 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior extremely channery loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and single grain; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; medium toughness; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine to medium roots between peds and around fragments; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 80 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05519; dry when described;
    R—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); rapid permeability; 96 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green.; dry when described;. fractured, acid, yellowish-brown, soft clay shale [1/4-1/2"""" between fractures (some soil material similar to C fine earth fraction in cracks)].