IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lackawanna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 544
  • User Pedon ID: 1978PA081046
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 544
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78PA081046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44481
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 41.4008333
  • Std. Longitude: -76.9702778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 100 yds W of Gamble TWP Route 854 on Herbert Smith property.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA081—Lycoming
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-D8—Bodines, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Ellenberger and E. Ciolkosz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Ochreptic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 46
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lackawanna
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lackawanna
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1978 ()
  • 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

    FAGUS

    PIST

    PRSE2

    TSCA

    Acer rubrum

    Fagus

    Pinus strobus

    Prunus serotina

    Tsuga canadensis

    red maple

    beech

    eastern white pine

    black cherry

    eastern hemlock

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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

    7

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    396

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    315

    950

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    9

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU04264
    A—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04265
    BA—6 to 16 centimeters (2.4 to 6.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04266
    Bw1—16 to 36 centimeters (6.3 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04267
    Bw2—36 to 59 centimeters (14.2 to 23.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04268
    Btx1—59 to 74 centimeters (23.2 to 29.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face and red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly loam; weak medium platy, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04269
    Btx2—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face and red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04270
    Btx3—102 to 135 centimeters (40.2 to 53.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face and red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 2 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04271
    Btx4—135 to 166 centimeters (53.1 to 65.4 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face and red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 2 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04272
    2C—166 to 191 centimeters (65.4 to 75.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior very gravelly loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04273