Delaware soil series
The Delaware series consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in alluvium on post glacial and glacial terraces along major rivers. Slope ranges from 0 to 25 percent. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high to very high in the substratum. Mean annual precipitation is 40 inches. Mean annual temperature is 49 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
The range in thickness of the solum is 30 to 60 inches. The depth to bedrock is greater than 6 feet. This soil is generally free of rock fragments, but rock fragments can range from 0 to 5 percent by weighted volume in individual horizons. Small rounded pebbles making up the majority of the fragments located mostly in the substratum. The soil reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid and to neutral where limed.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are cropped with corn, soybeans, small grains, or truck farming. Few areas are wooded with Maples, American Beech, Cottonwood, Red Oak, American Sycamore, American Basswood, or Ash; few areas have Red Pine Plantations.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northeastern and eastern Pennsylvania, and Central Pennsylvania along major rivers. MLRA 140. The series is of small extent.
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Delaware soil series
The Delaware series consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in alluvium on post glacial and glacial terraces along major rivers. Slope ranges from 0 to 25 percent. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high to very high in the substratum. Mean annual precipitation is 40 inches. Mean annual temperature is 49 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
The range in thickness of the solum is 30 to 60 inches. The depth to bedrock is greater than 6 feet. This soil is generally free of rock fragments, but rock fragments can range from 0 to 5 percent by weighted volume in individual horizons. Small rounded pebbles making up the majority of the fragments located mostly in the substratum. The soil reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid and to neutral where limed.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are cropped with corn, soybeans, small grains, or truck farming. Few areas are wooded with Maples, American Beech, Cottonwood, Red Oak, American Sycamore, American Basswood, or Ash; few areas have Red Pine Plantations.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northeastern and eastern Pennsylvania, and Central Pennsylvania along major rivers. MLRA 140. The series is of small extent.
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/D/DELAWARE.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: