IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leetonia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981PA027058
  • User Pedon ID: 1981PA027058
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 198
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 81PA027058
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43546
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 40.9166667
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3322222
  • 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 #: 58
  • 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: low
  • 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

    10

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    664

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    225

    1000

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    8.3

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior fine sand, loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01440
    E—3 to 20 centimeters (1.2 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01441
    Bhs1—20 to 23 centimeters (7.9 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior fine sandy loam; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01442
    Bhs2—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01443
    Bw1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01444
    Bt—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on rock fragments; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01445. patchy - phpvsfiid 532271; patchy - phpvsfiid 532272; patchy - phpvsfiid 532273; patchy - phpvsfiid 532271; patchy - phpvsfiid 532272; patchy - phpvsfiid 532273
    Bw2—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on rock fragments; 60 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01446. patchy - phpvsfiid 532274; patchy - phpvsfiid 532275; patchy - phpvsfiid 532276; patchy - phpvsfiid 532274; patchy - phpvsfiid 532275; patchy - phpvsfiid 532276
    BC—99 to 173 centimeters (39.0 to 68.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior fine sand, loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 80 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01447. Common strong brown (7.5YR 5/6 to 7.5YR 5/8) medium faint lamellae; many light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) thick continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.
    C1—173 to 236 centimeters (68.1 to 92.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 90 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01448. Common strong brown (7.5YR 5/6( medium distinct lamellae; many light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) thick continuous silt loam coatings on upper surface of rock fragments.
    C2—236 to 274 centimeters (92.9 to 107.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 90 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01449. Common strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct lamellae; many light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) thick continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.
    C3—274 to 284 centimeters (107.9 to 111.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 90 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # PSU01450. Common strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct lamellae; many light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) thick continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.