LOCATION HOLLINGER          PA+MD
Established Series
Rev. EJM-GHL-MS
02/2008

HOLLINGER SERIES


The Hollinger series consists of very deep and well drained soils on uplands. They formed in residuum mostly from micaceous limestone, calcareous schist, and phyllite. Slopes range from 0 to 35 percent. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high. Mean annual precipitation is 42 inches. Mean annual temperature is 53 degrees F.

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs

TYPICAL PEDON: Hollinger silt loam -- cultivated on a 3 to 8 percent north facing slope.(Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise noted.)

<@33>Ap--0 to 8 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary. (6 to 12 inches thick)

<@33>Bt1--8 to 24 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common clay films on all faces of peds; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary.

<@33>Bt2--24 to 30 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; few clay films on all faces of peds; neutral; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 12 to 24 inches)

<@33>C1--30 to 36 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; neutral; clear wavy boundary. (5 to 10 inches thick)

<@33>C2--36 to 60 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent subangular gravel; neutral.

TYPE LOCATION: located in Pennsylvania, Lancaster County; East Lampeter Township, 2 miles east of Bridgeport, 50 feet west of Buckwater Road and .25 miles south of the intersection of Buckwater Road and State Route 340 at latitude 40 02' 00.9" N and longitude 76, 13' 42.6" W

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Solum thickness ranges from 20 to 30 inches. Depth to bedrock is more than 60 inches. Rock fragments of quartz, limestone, and schist range from 0 to 35 percent by volume in the solum and 0 to 50 percent in the C horizon. Some pedons have flakes of mica that generally increases with depth. Where unlimed, reaction is medium acid to neutral in the solum and slightly acid to mildly alkaline in the C horizon.

The A horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR with value of 3 or 4 and chroma of 2 through 4. Fine earth textures are loam or silt loam.

The B horizon has hue 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 5 and chroma of 6 through 8. It is silt loam or loam in the fine earth. Structure is weak or moderate, fine or medium subangular blocky.

The C horizon has hue 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 5 and chroma of 6 through 8. Fine earth texture is loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy loam. Some pedons have a thin layer of loamy fine sand. The C horizon is massive or has platy structure.

COMPETING SERIES: Amanda, Belmont, Belmore, Caprell, Chili, Cliftycreek Conestoga, Crouse, Gallman, Greybrook, Hickory, High Gap, Kanawha, Kidder, Kosciusko, Leroy, Lumberton, Martinsville, Military, Ockley, Pignut, Princeton, Relay, Richardville, Riddles, Senachwine, Skelton, Strawn, Turnersburg, Wawaka , Wawasee and Woodbine soils are in the same family.

Amanda soils have in particle-size control section average 23 to 35 percent clay. Belmont, Lumberton and Pignut soils have bedrock within depth of 40 to 60 inches. Belmore soils have water worn gravel throughout. Caprell soils formed in as much as 20 inches (51 cm) of loess or other silty material and in loamy till. Chili, Gallman, Kanawha, Martinsville, Ockley, and Princeton soils are stratified in the lower part of solum. Cliftycreek and Richardville soils formed in up to 51 cm (20 inches) of loess or silty material and in the underlying loamy till and clayey residuum overlying bedrock high in carbonates. Conestoga and Gallman soils have thicker solum. Crouse soils have depth to carbonates ranges from 30 to 60 inches, calcium carbonate equivalent is less than 10 percent, thickness of the loess mantle ranges from 0 to 20 inches. Greybrook soils formed in loess and an underlying paleosol in lacustrine sediments. High Gap and Military soils have bedrock within a depth of 40 inches. Hickory soils have redox feature in the lower part of the solum. Leroy soils formed in glacial till. Kidder and Strawn soils have free carbonates in the series control section. Relay soils have B horizons of 2.5Y hue or yellower. Riddles, Kosciusko and Wawasee soils have more sand in the control section. Senachwine soils formed in as much as 18 inches of loess or other silty material and in the underlying calcareous loamy till. Skelton soils formed in loamy and silty sediments on river terraces. Turnersburg soils formed in residuum from intermediate or mafic metamorphic or igneous rock. Wawaka soils formed in as much as 51 cm (20 inches) of loess and in the underlying till over outwash. Woodbine soils have an upper solum formed in loess and glacial till and a lower solum formed in residuum weathered from limestone.

Soils in the closely related families are: Chenault, Coggon, Douds, El Dara, Grayford, Grellton, Hayden, Hebron, Kalamazoo, Kendallville, Letort, Lindley, Mandeville, McHenry, Miami, Mifflin, Nodine, Norden, Owosso, Pecatonica, Rawson, Renova, Richland, Rockbridge, Roseville, Sisson, Strawn, Summitville, Theresa, Westville, Whalan. Chenault soils are formed in old alluvium. Grayford, and Roseville soils have bedrock within depth of 40 to 60 inches. Kalamazoo, Kendallville and Nodine, soils are stratified in the lower part of the solum. Coggon, Letort, Pecatonica, and Westville soils have thicker solum. Douds, El Dara, and Rawson soils have redox feature in the lower part of the solum. Grellton soils have more sand in the upper part of the Bt horizon. Hayden, and Renova soils formed in glacial till. Hebron, McHenry, Miami, Sisson, Strawn, and Theresa soils have free carbonates in the series control section. Norden, and Whalan soils have bedrock within a depth of 40 inches. Lindley soils have coarse fragments of glacial pebbles. Mandeville soils have coarse fragments of micaceous shale. Mifflin, Owosso and Roseville, soils have more sand in the control section. Richland and Summitville soils have coarse fragments of siltstone, sandstone, and shale. Rockbridge soils have 35 to 70 percent coarse fragments of pebbles, gravels, and cobblestones in the lower part of the solum.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Hollinger soils are on nearly level through steep dissected uplands. They formed in residuum weathered from micaceous limestone, calcareous schist, and phyllite. Slope gradients are 0 to 35 percent. Climate is humid and temperate, with mean annual precipitation of 40 to 46 inches; average annual temperature is 52 to 55 degrees F; and the growing season is 170 to 190 days.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: Clarksburg, Conestoga, Letort, Penlaw, Pequea, and Thorndale soils are on nearby landscapes. Clarksburg, Penlaw and Thorndale soils have fragipans and are not well drained. Conestoga and Letort soils have sola more than 30 inches thick. Pequea soils do not have an argillic horizon.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Well drained; low to very high runoff; moderately high saturated hydraulic conductivity.

USE AND VEGETATION: Almost all of the Hollinger soils are cultivated. Principal crops are corn, soybeans, tobacco, and hay. A small acreage is in woodland of mixed oak, hickory, and yellow poplar.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northern Piedmont Plateau in
southeastern Pennsylvania and central Maryland. The series is of small extent.

MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1937.

REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
a. Ochric epipedon - the zone from 0 to 8 inches (Ap horizon).
b. Argilic horizon - the zone from 8 to 30 inches (Bt1 and Bt2 horizons).

The thickness of the solum is revised from 20 to 40 inches to 20 to 30 inches, and depth to bedrock is changed to more than 60 inches. The revisions are more representative of the ranges for the series.

2007 Pedon description and competing series updated.


National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.