IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lawrenceville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA037012
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA037012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 293
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA037012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44202
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.9947222
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4883333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 mi W of Bloomsburg, 45 ft SW of southermost guy block of radio station towers of WHLM; Photo AQR-18-25
  • 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: 40076-H4—Catawissa, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.Loughry,P.Parrish,R.Matelski,W.Steputis,C.Engle,E.Mason,R.Shipp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 12
  • 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: 1.76 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.48 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.52 in/hr of percolation rate and 3 in/hr of percolation rate and 4 in/hr of percolation rate and 4.52 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: very 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 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    AGRE2

    DACA6

    PHLEU

    TRPR2

    Agropyron repens

    Daucus carota

    Phleum

    Trifolium pratense

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    Queen Anne's lace

    timothy

    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

    2

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    189

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    0

    1050

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    9.8

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 5.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02201
    E—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02202
    BE—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02203. Thick vesicular silt coatings on peds; few fine block concretions.
    Bt1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02204. Common fine blocky concretions.
    Bt2—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02205. Common fine black concretions; streaks of light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); silt and fine sand frosting slightly firm in place.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532741; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532741
    Bx1—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, nonplastic; brittle; prominent clay films; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02206. Silt and very fine sand frosting on the peds; common fine black concretions.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532742; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532742
    Bx2—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 14 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02207. Few fine black concretions.
    Bx3—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm; brittle; 14 percent clay films between sand grains; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02208. Common fine black concretions; vesicular.
    Bx4—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy, and weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; brittle; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02209. Common fine black concretions.
    BC—145 to 168 centimeters (57.1 to 66.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent coarse prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02210. Very fine black concretions; some stratification.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532746; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532746
    2Btb—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate fine and medium platy, and weak fine blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02211. Numerous black concretions.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532747; continuous - phpvsfiid 532747