IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lordstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 782
  • User Pedon ID: 1963PA117014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 782
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 63PA117014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45295
  • 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: 41.7013889
  • Std. Longitude: -77.0475000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 300ft SE of T419, 1.6 mi left from Rt. 15 to Blossburg.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA117—Tioga
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41077-F1—Blossburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Carey, J. Rayburn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lordstown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lordstown
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/18/1963 ()
  • 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

    ACSA3

    FAGUS

    PRSE2

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Fagus

    Prunus serotina

    red maple

    sugar maple

    beech

    black cherry

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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

    32

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    518

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    0

    950

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    8.1

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; friable; 5.0 roots; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05782. Silty organic material 15% coarse fragments. Many large stones of the surface.
    A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05783
    E and Bs1—11 to 23 centimeters (4.3 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05784. "This horizon has remants and pockets of an A2 and Bir horizon of pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) find sandy loam and channery loam. Horizon 3 and 4 described together, sampled separately"
    E and Bs2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05785. "This horizon has remants and pockets of an A2 and Bir horizon of pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) find sandy loam and channery loam. Horizon 3 and 4 described together, sampled separately"
    Bw1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior channery fine sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05786. Pockets and streaks of pale brown of pale brown (10YR 6/3) and grayish brown (10Yr 5/2 and 5/3.
    Bw2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 50 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05787
    BC—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior very channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 50 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05788
    C—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior very channery very fine sandy loam; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 60 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05789