IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blandburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 133
  • User Pedon ID: 1971PA021003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 133
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 71PA021003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43475
  • 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: 40.6986111
  • Std. Longitude: -78.3700000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.5 mi NW of Lost Mountain Fire Lookout Tower, SE 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-F3—Tipton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. G. Grice and R. L. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, superactive Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 3
  • 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: 32.1 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 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

    GAYLU

    KALA

    PIRI

    POLYS

    QUPR2

    QURU

    Gaylussacia

    Kalmia latifolia

    Pinus rigida

    Polystichum

    Quercus prinus

    Quercus rubra

    huckleberry

    mountain laurel

    pitch pine

    hollyfern

    chestnut oak

    northern red 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

    6

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    780

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    225

    1150

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    8

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU01007. Loose leaves and twigs.
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU01008
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); black (N 2/0) interior loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01009
    E—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior flaggy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01010
    Bh—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior flaggy sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01011
    Bs1—46 to 51 centimeters (18.1 to 20.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior flaggy sandy loam; structureless massive; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 80 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01012. "Common nodules and concretions, presmed to be iron, 2-5 mm in diameter."
    Bs2—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior flaggy sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01013. Few iron coated gravel and concretions.
    Bw—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior flaggy sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01014
    E—81 to 119 centimeters (31.9 to 46.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior very flaggy loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 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; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01015
    Bt1—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior flaggy loamy sand; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01016
    Bt2—145 to 170 centimeters (57.1 to 66.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 70 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 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; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01017
    Bt3—170 to 195 centimeters (66.9 to 76.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 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. Lab sample # PSU01018