IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blandburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 131
  • User Pedon ID: 1971PA021001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 131
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 71PA021001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43473
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025

    • 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: 40.6811111
  • Std. Longitude: -78.3894444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.8 mi E of Rt 865 and 0.25 mi S of Blandburg, Reade Twp., Cambria County.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA021—Cambria
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40078-F4—Blandburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D.G. Grice, D. Yost and R.L. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, superactive Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blandburg
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blandburg
  • Classificaton Date - 4/28/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 2 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/28/1971 ()
  • 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

    GAYLU

    PIRI

    QUPR2

    Gaylussacia

    Pinus rigida

    Quercus prinus

    huckleberry

    pitch pine

    chestnut 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

    5

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    719

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    315

    1150

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    8.2

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU00982. "Relatively fresh leaves, twigs, etc."
    Oa—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU00983
    A—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior flaggy loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00984
    E—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) interior flaggy loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00985
    Bh—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior channery sandy loam; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00986
    Bs1—41 to 46 centimeters (16.1 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00987
    Bs2—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00988
    Bw1—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very flaggy sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00989
    Bw2—76 to 96 centimeters (29.9 to 37.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very flaggy sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent clay films between sand grains; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU00990
    BC—96 to 112 centimeters (37.8 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very flaggy sandy loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 70 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU00991
    C1—112 to 168 centimeters (44.1 to 66.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior very flaggy loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU00992
    C2—168 to 221 centimeters (66.1 to 87.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior very flaggy sandy loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 70 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 80 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 85 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU00993