IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Allenwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977PA119008
  • User Pedon ID: 1977PA119008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 795
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 77PA119008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45309
  • 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: 40.8822222
  • Std. Longitude: -77.2208333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 4.5 mi SW of Hartleton, Fred Samsell Farm
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA119—Union
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA119—Union County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-H2—Hartleton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Carter, S. Stanley, E. Ciolkosz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Allenwood
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Allenwood
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1977 ()
  • 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

    FAGR

    PIRI

    PIST

    QUAL

    QURU

    Fagus grandifolia

    Pinus rigida

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    American beech

    pitch pine

    eastern white pine

    white 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

    2

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    236

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    225

    1000

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    9.7

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # PSU05945. "Loose litter layer of mainly pine needles, mixed with red and white oak leaves."
    Oa—2 to 3 centimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior; very friable; 5.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05946. Humus mat with many roots giving the organic matter a spongy feel.
    A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05947
    E—11 to 31 centimeters (4.3 to 12.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loam; weak thin platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05948
    BA—31 to 46 centimeters (12.2 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 14 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05949. patchy - phpvsfiid 535166; patchy - phpvsfiid 535166
    Bt1—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 14 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay films on surfaces along pores and 70 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05950. Clay films also on rock fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 535167; continuous - phpvsfiid 535168; continuous - phpvsfiid 535167; continuous - phpvsfiid 535168
    Bt2—69 to 100 centimeters (27.2 to 39.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior and red (2.5YR 4/6) interior gravelly silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 70 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05951. Clay films also on rock fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 535169; continuous - phpvsfiid 535169
    Bt3—100 to 143 centimeters (39.4 to 56.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior and red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 70 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05952. Clay films also on rock fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 535170; continuous - phpvsfiid 535170
    Bt4—143 to 173 centimeters (56.3 to 68.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior and red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 70 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05953. Clay films also on rock fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 535171; continuous - phpvsfiid 535171
    BC—173 to 216 centimeters (68.1 to 85.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and red (2.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 70 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on surfaces along pores and 70 percent clay films on rock fragments; 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05954. continuous - phpvsfiid 535173; continuous - phpvsfiid 535172; continuous - phpvsfiid 535173; continuous - phpvsfiid 535172
    C1—216 to 242 centimeters (85.0 to 95.3 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior very gravelly silty clay loam; structureless fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 38 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 65 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05955. continuous - phpvsfiid 535174; continuous - phpvsfiid 535174
    C2—242 to 282 centimeters (95.3 to 111.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior very gravelly clay loam; structureless fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 70 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05956. continuous - phpvsfiid 535175; continuous - phpvsfiid 535175
    2Btb1—282 to 338 centimeters (111.0 to 133.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on rock fragments; 75 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05957. Structure is controlled by shale fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 535176; continuous - phpvsfiid 535176
    2Btb2—338 to 394 centimeters (133.1 to 155.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on rock fragments; 75 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05958. Structure is controlled by shale fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 535177; continuous - phpvsfiid 535177