IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958PA035007
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA035007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 265
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA035007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44171
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 41.1619444
  • Std. Longitude: -77.5777778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 40 ft SW of Eagleton Field Rd, 1.5 mi W of Rt 120, 7.5 mi N of Lock Haven, Bald Eagle Twp.
  • 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, superactive Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/2014
  • 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: high
  • 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

    PIRI

    POTR5

    QUAL

    QURU

    VACCI

    Acer rubrum

    Kalmia latifolia

    Pinus rigida

    Populus tremuloides

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Vaccinium

    red maple

    mountain laurel

    pitch pine

    quaking aspen

    white oak

    northern red oak

    blueberry

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    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

    28

    —

    —

    378

    —

    225

    1000

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    9.1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (N 2/0) interior; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02004. "Decomposed leaf litter, fine roots and mycelium."
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; 5.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02005
    AB—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 5.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02006
    BA—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior sandy clay loam; weak coarse platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02007
    Bw—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02008
    C—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02009. Breaking to structureless.