IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969PA019008
  • User Pedon ID: 1969PA019008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 116
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 69PA019008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43456
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 40.9661111
  • Std. Longitude: -80.0700000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 mi NW ofUnionville 5 1/2 mi NE of Prospect 1 W-SW of the Muddy Creek Presbyerian Church at Muddy Creek.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA019—Butler
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40080-H1—Prospect, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. G. Grice and E. J. Ciolkosz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, active Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 6 in/hr of percolation rate and 7 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.8 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.8 in/hr of percolation rate and 4.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 5.2 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/11/1969 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    2GA

    TRIFO

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    Trifolium

    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    Grass, annual

    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

    9

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    405

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    315

    1000

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    9.1

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior channery sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 18 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00860
    Bw1—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent faint clay films between sand grains and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00861
    Bw2—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), interior channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint clay films between sand grains and 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00862
    BC—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent clay films on rock fragments; 45 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00863. patchy - phpvsfiid 531841; patchy - phpvsfiid 531841
    C1—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior channery loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint clay films on rock fragments; 65 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00864. patchy - phpvsfiid 531842; patchy - phpvsfiid 531842
    C2—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very channery loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 38 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00865
    C3—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior very channery loamy sand, very channery loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 38 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 75 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00866
    C4—157 to 180 centimeters (61.8 to 70.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very channery loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 85 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00867
    R—180 to 196 centimeters (70.9 to 77.2 inches); 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU00868. Micaceous sandstone bedrock.