IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962PA057013
  • User Pedon ID: 1962PA057013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 379
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 62PA057013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44297
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.9919444
  • Std. Longitude: -78.2025000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 45 ft N of Akersville Rd, 1 mi NW of Akersville, 2.5 mi S of US Rt 30, Brush Creek Twp; Akers Estate.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA057—Fulton
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA057—Fulton County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39078-H2—Breezewood, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Noll, R. Matelski, F. Loughry, N. Churchill, C. Engle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dekalb
  • Classificaton Date - 8/28/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 2 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.24 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.76 in/hr of percolation rate and 3 in/hr of percolation rate and 4 in/hr of percolation rate and 7 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/28/1962 ()
  • 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

    LIST2

    PIST

    POTR5

    QUERC

    Acer rubrum

    Liquidambar styraciflua

    Pinus strobus

    Populus tremuloides

    Quercus

    red maple

    sweetgum

    eastern white pine

    quaking aspen

    oak

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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

    8

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    451

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    270

    950

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    9.6

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02848
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0) interior very stony sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02849. 30% sandstone boulders and channers.
    E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior very stony sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02850. 25% sandstone boulders and channers.
    BE—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior very stony sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; brown (7.5YR 4/4) coats; 25 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02851. 25% sandstone boulders and channers.
    Bw—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior very stony sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; faint clay films between sand grains; 25 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02852. 25% sandstone boulders and channers.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533109; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533109
    BC—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very stony sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films between sand grains; 35 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02853. 35% sandstone boulders and channers.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533110; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533110
    C—76 to 119 centimeters (29.9 to 46.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very stony sandy loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; faint clay films between sand grains; 75 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02854. 75% sandstone boulders and channers.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533111; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533111
    R—119 to 130 centimeters (46.9 to 51.2 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # PSU02855