IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leetonia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981PA027060
  • User Pedon ID: 1981PA027060
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 200
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 81PA027060
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44100
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 40.9155556
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3338889
  • 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 #: 60
  • 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

    21

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    616

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    225

    1000

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    8.4

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01462
    E—3 to 20 centimeters (1.2 to 7.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01463
    Bhs—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01464
    Bs—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01465
    Bw1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01466
    Bw2—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01467
    Bt—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior loamy fine sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, 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; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01468. patchy - phpvsfiid 532283; patchy - phpvsfiid 532284; patchy - phpvsfiid 532285; patchy - phpvsfiid 532283; patchy - phpvsfiid 532284; patchy - phpvsfiid 532285
    BC—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 70 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01469. Common strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct lamellae; many pink (7.5YR 7/4) to very pale brown (10YR 7/4) thick continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.
    C1—117 to 170 centimeters (46.1 to 66.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 90 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01470. Common strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct lamellae; many pink (7.5YR 7/4) to very pale brown (10YR 5/4) thick continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.
    C2—170 to 211 centimeters (66.9 to 83.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 95 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01471. Common strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct lamellae; many brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) to light yellowish brwon (10YR 6/4) thick continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.
    C3—211 to 267 centimeters (83.1 to 105.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; nonsticky, nonplastic; 95 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # PSU01472. Common strong brown (7.;5YR 5/6) medium distinct lamellae; common brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) to light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) thick continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.