IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buchanan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971PA077041
  • User Pedon ID: 1971PA077041
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 71PA077041
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44452
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.7672222
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6513889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.3 mi E of Lehigh Furnace on Rt. 39119, 650 ft N into field.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA077—Lehigh
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA077—Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-G6—Lehighton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz, E. Sautter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Aquic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 41
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Buchanan
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buchanan
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1971 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    219

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    180

    1150

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04044. 10% sandstone gravel.
    Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04045. 15% sandstone gravel.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533821; continuous - phpvsfiid 533821
    Bt2—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04046. 20% sandstone gravel and cobbles.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533822; continuous - phpvsfiid 533822
    Bx1—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face and pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior gravelly clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) and 11 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3); 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04047. Prism and ped faces. 20% sandstone gravel and cobbles.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533823; continuous - phpvsfiid 533823
    Bx2—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face gravelly clay loam; moderate very coarse platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) and 60 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3); 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04048. Prism faces. 20% sandstone gravel and cobbles.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533824; continuous - phpvsfiid 533824
    Bx3—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face gravelly clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate very coarse platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) and 60 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3); 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04049. Prism faces. 20% sandstone gravel.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533825; continuous - phpvsfiid 533825
    Bx4—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate very coarse platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 60 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3); 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04050. Prism faces. 20% sandstone gravels.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533827; continuous - phpvsfiid 533827
    Bx5—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate very coarse platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 60 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3); 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04051. Prism faces. 20% sandstone gravel.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533829; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533829
    Bx6—163 to 190 centimeters (64.2 to 74.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face gravelly clay loam; moderate very coarse platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 11 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3); 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04052. Prism faces. 20% sandstone gravel.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533831; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533831