IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958PA035006
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA035006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 264
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA035006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44170
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 41.2002778
  • Std. Longitude: -77.5022222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 100 ft N of culvert 100 ft N of a sharp bend, 1.3 mi N of Lick Run on Hazard Rd in state game lands 89.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA035—Clinton
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41077-B5—Farrandsville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, W. Steputis, C. Engle, E. Mason
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dekalb
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/1958 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    KALA

    MYAS

    PIST

    QUPR2

    VACCI

    Acer rubrum

    Kalmia latifolia

    Myrica aspleniifolia

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus prinus

    Vaccinium

    red maple

    mountain laurel

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    eastern white pine

    chestnut oak

    blueberry

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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

    15

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    415

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    180

    1000

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    9

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (N 2/0) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01998
    E—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01999
    BA—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior sandy loam; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02000. With some platiness.
    Bw—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02001
    BC—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02002
    C—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior coarse sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02003