IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Allenwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA097010
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA097010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 636
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA097010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44583
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 41.1377778
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8694444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3 mi N of Watsontown, 1500 ft E of junc. of PA 405 and T649 on T649 and 300 ft S into field.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA097—Northumberland
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA097—Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-B7—Muncy, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz, G. Latshaw, G. 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 #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Allenwood
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sandy Allenwood
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 6 in/hr of percolation rate and 7.2 in/hr of percolation rate and 8.4 in/hr of percolation rate and 11.2 in/hr of percolation rate and 11.4 in/hr of percolation rate and 12 in/hr of percolation rate and 12.6 in/hr of percolation rate


    • 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: 6/20/1974 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    PHLEU

    TRIFO

    Phleum

    Trifolium

    timothy

    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

    2

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    184

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    135

    1000

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    9.8

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; sandy loam; weak coarse blocky, and weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04909
    BA—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium and coarse blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04910
    Bt—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 14 percent faint clay films between sand grains; 3 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04911
    BC—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loamy sand; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; faint clay films between sand grains; 3 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04912
    C1—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04913
    2Bxb1—104 to 147 centimeters (40.9 to 57.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent distinct black (N 2/0) black stains on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium and coarse distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/3); 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04914
    2Bxb2—147 to 157 centimeters (57.9 to 61.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior gravelly loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 60 percent coarse prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04915
    3Cb2—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior sand, loamy sand; structureless single grain; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04916
    2Btb—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior gravelly loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04917