IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978PA105008
  • User Pedon ID: 1978PA105008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 685
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78PA105008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44637
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 41.7891667
  • Std. Longitude: -78.0333333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.1 km NW of Coudersport, 3.1 km W of intersec. of T336 and Rt. 44, along T336 50 m NE into a wooded area.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA105—Potter
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41078-G1—Coudersport, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Stanley, B. Carter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1978 ()
  • 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

    ACSA3

    PICEA

    PIST

    POLYS

    Acer saccharum

    Picea

    Pinus strobus

    Polystichum

    sugar maple

    spruce

    eastern white pine

    hollyfern

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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

    3

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    655

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    180

    1000

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    7.7

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    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05298
    Oa—4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) interior; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05299
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); dark gray (5YR 4/1) interior fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05300
    E—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) interior channery fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05301
    Bhs—20 to 23 centimeters (7.9 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior channery loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05302
    Bs—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior channery loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05303
    Bw—30 to 35 centimeters (11.8 to 13.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05304
    BC—35 to 53 centimeters (13.8 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very channery loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 60 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05305
    C—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior extremely channery loam; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 90 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05306