IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leetonia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977PA099016
  • User Pedon ID: 1977PA099016
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 653
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 77PA099016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44602
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.2402778
  • Std. Longitude: -77.5627778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Showwacker Ranger Station 3.2 mi S of Spotts Tower Crossroads.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA099—Perry
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA099—Perry County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-B5—Newburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S.Stanley, J.Greenawalt, E.Ciolkosz, L.McCalmont, J.Zarichansky
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Leetonia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leetonia
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/1977 ()
  • 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

    2GA

    2MOSS

    ACRU

    BEAL2

    CADE12

    GAYLU

    KALA

    QUPR2

    QURU

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    Acer rubrum

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Castanea dentata

    Gaylussacia

    Kalmia latifolia

    Quercus prinus

    Quercus rubra

    Grass, annual

    Moss

    red maple

    yellow birch

    American chestnut

    huckleberry

    mountain laurel

    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

    5

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    648

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    225

    1050

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    8.7

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU05056. Raw leaf litter and twigs.
    Oa—2 to 3 centimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU05057. Partially decomposed leaf litter matted roots.
    A—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior channery loamy sand; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05058
    E—6 to 16 centimeters (2.4 to 6.3 inches); gray (5YR 6/1) interior channery sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05059
    Bhs—16 to 21 centimeters (6.3 to 8.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior channery loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05060. Concretions interior (5YR 6/8) and exterior (5YR 5/4).
    Bs—21 to 28 centimeters (8.3 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior channery loamy sand; weak very fine subangular blocky, and structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05061
    Bw—28 to 44 centimeters (11.0 to 17.3 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) interior channery loamy sand; structureless single grain, and weak very fine subangular blocky; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05062
    BC1—44 to 72 centimeters (17.3 to 28.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior and yellow (10YR 7/6) interior very channery loamy sand; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05063
    BC2—72 to 100 centimeters (28.3 to 39.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior extremely channery loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05064
    C—100 to 155 centimeters (39.4 to 61.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior and very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior extremely channery loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05065