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Hydric Soils

Blair County , Pennsylvania

Map units with major components hydric:

Map Symbol               Map Name                                          Hydric Component

AnB                             Andover variant loam                         Andover Variant

AoB                             Andover variant stony loam                Andover Variant

BrB                             Brinkerton silt loam                            Brinkerton

BrC                             Brinkerton silt loam                            Brinkerton

Ho                               Holly silt loam                                    Holly

Pu                                Purdy silt loam                                  Purdy

Map units with inclusions of hydric components:

Map Symbol               Map Name                                          Hydric Component

AbB                             Albrights gravely silt loam                  Brinkerton

AbC                             Albrights gravely silt loam                  Brinkerton

AcB                             Albrights stony silt loam                     Brinkerton

AcD                             Albrights stony silt loam                     Brinkerton

Ba                                Basher soils                                     Holly

BdD                             Bedington stony silt loam                   Brinkerton

BeB                             Bedington channery silt loam              Brinkerton

BeC                             Bedington channery silt loam              Brinkerton

BmC                            Berks-Weikert channery silt loam       Brinkerton

BmD                            Berks-Weikert channery silt loam       Brinkerton

BoB                             Blairton silt loam                                Brinkerton

BoC                             Blairton silt loam                                Brinkerton

BuB                             Buchanan gravely silt loam                 Andover Variant

BuC                             Buchanan gravely silt loam                 Andover Variant

BxB                             Buchanan stony silt loam                    Andover Variant

BxD                             Buchanan stony silt loam                     Andover Variant

CaB                             Cavode silt loam                                Poorly drained soil

ErB                              Ernest silt loam                                 Brinkerton

ErC                              Ernest silt loam                                 Brinkerton

Lo                                Linden soils                                      Holly

Lp                                Lobdell silt loam                                Holly

Pt                                 Pits-Dumps complex                         Wet Spots

Qu                               Quarries-Dumps complex                   Brinkerton, Wet Spots

Ty                                Tyler silt loam                                   Purdy

UD                               Udifluvents-Dystrochrepts                  Holly, Brinkerton

US                               Udorthents, strip mine                        Wet Spots

Ux                                Urban land                                        Holly, Purdy

UyB                             Urban land                                         Brinkerton, Purdy

UyD                             Urban land                                         Brinkerton, Purdy

WeB                            Weikert channery silt loam                  Seep Spots

WeC                            Weikert channery silt loam                  Seep Spots

WhB                            Wharton silt loam                               Brinkerton

WhC                            Wharton silt loam                               Brinkerton

WvB                            Wharton Variant silt loam                    Brinkerton