IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Allenwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA081024
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA081024
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 537
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA081024
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44473
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 41.1850000
  • Std. Longitude: -77.2661111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hurr's Farm, peach orchard, mi S of Jersey Shore LR .S on farm lane 300' W of hay shed.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA081—Lycoming
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA081—Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41077-B3—Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. J. Ciolkosz, G. J. Latshaw, Gary Martin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 24
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Allenwood
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sandy Allenwood
  • Classificaton Date - 6/17/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/17/1974 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop shrubs
  • 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

    DAGL

    PHLEU

    PRPE3

    TRPR2

    Dactylis glomerata

    Phleum

    Prunus persica

    Trifolium pratense

    orchardgrass

    timothy

    peach

    red 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

    4

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    180

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    135

    1000

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; structureless massive, and weak medium granular; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04194
    BA—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04195
    Bt1—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04196
    Bt2—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loamy fine sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04197
    C1—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior fine sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04198
    2C2—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04199. patchy - phpvsfiid 533936; patchy - phpvsfiid 533936
    3Btb1—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior gravelly clay loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04200
    3Btb2—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) interior gravelly clay loam; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04201
    3Btb3—183 to 236 centimeters (72.0 to 92.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly clay loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04202. "Reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loam bands 3-6"" thick with a few thin black Mn coatings."