IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lackawanna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 289
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA037008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 289
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA037008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44197
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.2761111
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4397222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.65 mi E of Jct Rt115 & Rt539; 150 ft S of Rt 115 at end of lane; 50 ft E of block of wood; 50 ft S of Nedge
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA037—Columbia
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-C4—Elk Grove, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, P. Parrish, C. Engle, E. Mason, R. Shipp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lackawanna
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lackawanna
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/26/1959 ()
  • 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

    3

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    389

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    0

    1000

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 5.0 roots; 15 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02165. Limed
    E—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 14 percent faint clay films; 12 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02166
    Bw1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; faint clay films and prominent clay films; 15 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02167. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532708; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532709; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532708; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532709
    Bw2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films and faint clay films; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02168. Texture is gritty.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532710; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532711; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532710; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532711
    Bx1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 25 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02169. Texture is gritty; roots to 30 inches.
    Bx2—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint clay films and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 25 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02170. Texture is gritty.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532714; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532714
    Bx3—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior and weak red (10R 4/4) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint clay films; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02171. Texture is gritty.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532716; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532716
    BC—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior sandy clay loam; platy, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 35 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02172. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532717; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532717
    C—127 to 137 centimeters (50.0 to 53.9 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 45 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02173. "Stone fragment color: weak red (10R 4/2), weak red (10R 4/4), dark olive (5Y 4/4) - dolominant stone, olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8); some boulders to 16x7x5 inches."; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532718; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532718