Soil Series Atlas

Weikert soil series

Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Dystrudepts

050cm1 ft2 ftApTopsoil · plowed0–18 cm · 0–7 inBwSubsoil · color or structure change18–36 cm · 7–14 inCParent material36–46 cm · 14–18 inRHard bedrock46 cm and deeper · 18+ in050cmApTopsoil · plowed0–18 cm · 0–7 inBwSubsoil · color orstructure change18–36 cm · 7–14 inCParent material36–46 cm · 14–18 inRHard bedrock46 cm and deeper · 18+ in
Typical pedon, to scale: 46 cm (18 in), 4 horizons.

Inceptisols — young soils with weakly developed horizons

Weikert is mapped on 1.94 million acres in 10 states, 38th nationally by area. Its description stops at 46 cm, the shallowest in the atlas. In Pennsylvania only two series cover more ground. Among the 3,264 mapped Inceptisols it is the 2nd-largest.

Depth
Shallow
Drainage
Well drained
Water movement
Moderately rapid

Compare with another seriesSimilar series in the finder

Where Weikert is mapped

1,939,135 acres in 138 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndiana: 3,514 acresKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew Jersey: 210 acresNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvania: 872,638 acresSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest Virginia: 372,750 acresIllinois: 1,253 acresNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentucky: 104,427 acresMaryland: 73,185 acresMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhio: 44,904 acresOregonTennessee: 8,538 acresUtahVirginia: 457,717 acresWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Weikert acres

  1. Pennsylvania45%
  2. Virginia24%
  3. West Virginia19%
  4. Kentucky5%
  5. Maryland4%
  6. Ohio2%
  7. Tennessee0.4%
  8. Indiana0.2%
  9. Illinois0.1%
  10. New Jersey<0.1%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Shallow

ShallowDeep

Cabbart, Cabba, and Tanana also are classed shallow.

Permeability

Moderately rapid

SlowFast

Mivida also has moderately rapid permeability.

Parent material
Residuum, shale, mudstone/siltstone, sandstone
Landform
Uplands
Major land resource areas
120, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 140, 147, 148
Type location
Pennsylvania

How it is classified

  1. OrderInceptisols
  2. SuborderUdepts
  3. Great groupDystrudepts
  4. SubgroupLithic Dystrudepts
  5. FamilyLoamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Dystrudeptsloamy-skeletal particle-size classmixed mineralogy classactive cation-exchange activity classmesic soil temperature regime

Against other Inceptisols

Weikert makes up 1.06% of all mapped Inceptisols — the 2nd largest of 3,264 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

36 cm under a median of 80 cm

Depth described

46 cm under a median of 152 cm

Its relatives

4 other established series share the family “Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Dystrudepts”

  1. Weikert1.9 M
  2. Arnot603 k
  3. Klinesville362 k
  4. Nassau361 k
  5. Sylvatus36 k

Close relatives, at one scale

  1. Weikert46 cm · Lithic Dystrudepts
  2. Berks84 cm · Typic Dystrudepts
  3. Narragansett152 cm · Typic Dystrudepts
  4. Paxton165 cm · Oxyaquic Dystrudepts

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ApTopsoil: plowed0–18 cm0–7 in18 cm
BwSubsoil: color or structure change18–36 cm7–14 in18 cm
CParent material36–46 cm14–18 in10 cm
RHard bedrock46– cm18– in—

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2009-04), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides