IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leetonia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981PA027057
  • User Pedon ID: 1981PA027057
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 197
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 81PA027057
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43545
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 40.9191667
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3347222
  • 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: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 57
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Leetonia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leetonia
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/1981 ()
  • 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

    57

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    549

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    315

    1000

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    8.7

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) interior and dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) interior fine sand, loamy fine sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01428
    E—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01429
    Bhs—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01430
    Bs—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); 7.5YR 4/8 (7.5YR 4/8) interior loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01431
    Bw1—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy fine sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01432
    Bw2—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loamy fine sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01433
    C1—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy fine sand, fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 70 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01434. Few yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) thin continuous silt coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.
    C2—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior; 90 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01435. 100 percent coarse fragments with few yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) thin discontinuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.
    C3—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 70 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01436. Common strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct lamellae; common yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.
    C4—165 to 221 centimeters (65.0 to 87.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01437. Common strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct lamellae; common yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.
    C5—221 to 287 centimeters (87.0 to 113.0 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01438. Common strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct lamellae; common yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium continuous silt laom coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.
    C6—287 to 310 centimeters (113.0 to 122.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior and light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 60 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # PSU01439. Common strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium continuous lamellae; common yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.