IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leetonia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978PA027085
  • User Pedon ID: 1978PA027085
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 221
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78PA027085
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44123
  • 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: 40.9088889
  • Std. Longitude: -78.0791667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Black Moshannon State Park 1.9 km W of Black Moshannon lake on Rt 504, 75 m NE of borrow pit into wooded area
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA027—Centre
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40078-H1—Black Moshannon, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Stanley, B. Carter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, siliceous Entic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 85
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Leetonia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leetonia
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1978 ()
  • 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

    ACRU

    PIST

    QUPR2

    QURU

    SAAL5

    Acer rubrum

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus prinus

    Quercus rubra

    Sassafras albidum

    red maple

    eastern white pine

    chestnut oak

    northern red oak

    sassafras

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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

    1

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    609

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    315

    1000

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    8.5

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01678
    Oa—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01679
    E—6 to 19 centimeters (2.4 to 7.5 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) interior loamy sand; weak very fine subangular blocky, and structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01680
    Bhs—19 to 21 centimeters (7.5 to 8.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01681
    Bs—21 to 29 centimeters (8.3 to 11.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01682
    Bw1—29 to 39 centimeters (11.4 to 15.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01683
    Bw2—39 to 54 centimeters (15.4 to 21.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01684
    C1—54 to 80 centimeters (21.3 to 31.5 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) interior sand; structureless massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01685
    C2—80 to 97 centimeters (31.5 to 38.2 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) interior loamy sand; weak very fine subangular blocky, and structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01686