IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lackawanna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 598
  • User Pedon ID: 1965PA089016
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 598
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 65PA089016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44540
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 41.0588889
  • Std. Longitude: -75.2500000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 100 yds N of Cranberry Creek on T509 between LR45080 and LR45081.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA089—Monroe
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA089—Monroe County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41075-A3—Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Noll, F. Loughry, E. Sautter, G. Fisher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lackawanna
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westfield
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 1.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.54 in/hr of percolation rate and 4 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1965 ()
  • 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

    2TD

    2TN

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    Tree, deciduous

    Tree, needleleaf (coniferous)

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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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    —

    293

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    0

    1250

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    —

    —

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    9.4

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04640. Mixed hardwood and conifer leaf litter.
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (N 2/0) interior highly decomposed plant material; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04641
    E—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) interior gravelly loam; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # PSU04642
    Bs—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04643. Some humus in upper part.
    E'—18 to 35 centimeters (7.1 to 13.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior channery loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04644
    B'w1—35 to 61 centimeters (13.8 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior channery sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04645. Clay bridging.
    B'w2—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior channery sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04646. Clay bridging.
    B'x1—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior channery loam; weak fine blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04647. Few black coatings.
    B'x3—119 to 155 centimeters (46.9 to 61.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior channery loam; moderate coarse platy, and weak fine blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04648. patchy - phpvsfiid 534310; patchy - phpvsfiid 534310
    B'x3—155 to 195 centimeters (61.0 to 76.8 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior channery loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy, and moderate fine blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04649. patchy - phpvsfiid 534311; patchy - phpvsfiid 534311