IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lawrenceville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA037011
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA037011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 292
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA037011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44201
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 41.0208333
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4213889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: SE corner of radio station WCNR prop. 80' W of Rd bank on Rt 19-36, 20' N of S line of station property
  • 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-A4—Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.Shipp,E.Mason,C.Engle,W.Steputis,F.Loughry,R.Matelski,P.Parrish
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lawrenceville
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lawrenceville
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.48 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.24 in/hr of percolation rate and 3 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.52 in/hr of percolation rate and 5 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/27/1959 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    2FORB

    DACA6

    PHLEU

    SOLID

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    Daucus carota

    Phleum

    Solidago

    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    Queen Anne's lace

    timothy

    goldenrod

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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

    4

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    210

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    180

    1050

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02191
    E—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02192. Numerous thin frosted coats on peds.
    BE—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02193. Numerous worm and small animal burrows.
    Bt1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02194. Friable out; contains a few small black concretions and coatings.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532731; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532731
    Bt2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent clay films between sand grains and 70 percent faint clay films; 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02195. Common prominent black concretions.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532732; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532732
    Bt3—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent clay films between sand grains and 70 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02196. Tops of polygons present; some dark brown coats on peds; stratification evident; numerous black and reddish brown concretions.
    Bx1—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 70 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02197. Weak polygons breaking to weak medium platy structure with some blockyness; fine sand and silt frosting on polygons; numerous black concretions.
    Bx2—104 to 112 centimeters (40.9 to 44.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; distinct clay films and manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 60 percent coarse distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 60 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 60 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02198. Weak polygons breaking to weak platy structure with some blockyness; some sand and silt frosting on polygon faces; a few pieces of red shale present.
    BC3—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent coarse distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) and 60 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 60 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02199. Stratification evident with moderat medium platy structure in the heavy textured strata; contains a few pieces of red shale.
    2C—140 to 163 centimeters (55.1 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy fine sand; weak medium platy, and structureless massive; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02200. Some stratification.