IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leetonia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981PA027054
  • User Pedon ID: 1981PA027054
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 194
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 81PA027054
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43541
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.9169444
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3327778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3.75 mi E of Woodward, N on Winkelblech Mt. Road and round top road to Woodward radio tower, site is downslope from towers (Carter, 1983 Ph.D)
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA027—Centre
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA027—Centre County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-H3—Woodward, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Carter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 54
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Leetonia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leetonia
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/1981
  • 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: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/1981 ()
  • 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

    ACER

    BETUL

    QUERC

    Acer

    Betula

    Quercus

    maple

    birch

    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

    0

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    666

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    0

    1000

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    8.3

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) interior fine sand, loamy fine sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01401
    E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior fine sand, loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01402
    Bhs—13 to 15 centimeters (5.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01403
    Bs—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01404
    Bw1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01405
    Bw2—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01406
    Bt—58 to 117 centimeters (22.8 to 46.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam, loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on rock fragments; 60 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01407. Many very pale brown (10YR 7/3) thick continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532265; patchy - phpvsfiid 532266; patchy - phpvsfiid 532267; patchy - phpvsfiid 532265; patchy - phpvsfiid 532266; patchy - phpvsfiid 532267
    BC—117 to 150 centimeters (46.1 to 59.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 60 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01408. Structure dominated by coarse fragments; common strong brown (7.5YR 5/6 to 7.5YR 58) medium distinct lamellae; many very pale brown (10YR 7/3) thick continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.
    C—150 to 213 centimeters (59.1 to 83.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior and pink (7.5YR 8/4) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 90 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # PSU01409. Structure dominated by rock fragments; common strong brown (7.5YR 5/6 to 7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct lamellae; many very pale brown (10YR 7/3) thick continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.