IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blandburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 132
  • User Pedon ID: 1971PA021002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 132
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 71PA021002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43474
  • 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: 40.6980556
  • Std. Longitude: -78.3855556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: State Game Lands 158, 100 yd N of Rd jct to Lost Mountain Fire Lookout Tower S of Blandsburg
  • 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: S.C. Ekart, D. Yost, E. Markle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, superactive Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blandburg
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blandburg
  • Classificaton Date - 4/27/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 3.7 in/hr of percolation rate


  • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/27/1971 ()
  • 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

    ACRU

    KALA

    PIRI

    POLYS

    QUAL

    QUPR2

    VACCI

    Acer rubrum

    Kalmia latifolia

    Pinus rigida

    Polystichum

    Quercus alba

    Quercus prinus

    Vaccinium

    red maple

    mountain laurel

    pitch pine

    hollyfern

    white oak

    chestnut oak

    blueberry

    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

    732

    315

    1150

    8.2

    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU00994. Litter of loose leaves and twigs.
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU00995
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior very flaggy loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 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; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00996
    E—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior very flaggy loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 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; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00997
    Bh—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior very flaggy loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 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; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU00998
    Bhs—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior very flaggy sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU00999
    Bs—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior very flaggy loamy sand; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 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; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01000
    Bw1—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very flaggy sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent clay films between sand grains; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01001
    Bw2—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very flaggy sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent clay films between sand grains; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 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 wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01002
    Bw3—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interior very flaggy sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 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; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01003
    Bw4—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very flaggy loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films between sand grains and 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 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; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01004. Coarse splotches of strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and pale brown (10YR 6/3)
    Bw4—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very flaggy sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 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; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01005. Silt and clay bridging of sand grains.
    C—157 to 198 centimeters (61.8 to 78.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior very flaggy loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01006. Strongly acid; dark brown (10YR 4/3) to brown (10YR 5/3) horizontal streaks seemingly higher in clay.