IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hartleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA037004
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA037004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 285
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA037004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44193
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 41.1472222
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4625000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 mi N of Rt 254, 675 ft E of Rt 19063, 800 ft S of Jct of T627 & T576 145 ft N of waterway at farm bdry.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA037—Columbia
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA037—Columbia County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-B4—Benton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.Loughry,R.Matelski,W.Steputis,P.Parrish,C.Engle,E.Mason,R.Shipp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hartleton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hartleton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/1959 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    TRPR2

    Trifolium pratense

    red clover

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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

    9

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    253

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    270

    1050

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    9.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 roots; 20 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02134. pH 6.5 (limed).
    BA—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky; 0.5 roots; 15 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02135. Some platiness and a slight plow sole; pH 6.8 (limed).
    Bt1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; 15 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02136. Partial clay films; pH 6.6 (limed).
    Bt2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 25 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02137. Partial clay films.
    BC—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; manganese or iron-manganese stains; 40 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02138. Partial clay films.
    C—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak medium platy, and structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky; 14 percent clay films and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 1 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 4/3); 50 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02139. Coarse fragments mostly under 6x4x1.5 inches; largest from pit 13x6x4 inches; gray and brown sandstone and graywacke.