IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leetonia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981PA027061
  • User Pedon ID: 1981PA027061
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 201
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 81PA027061
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44101
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 40.9144444
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3341667
  • 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: Sandy, siliceous Entic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 61
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Leetonia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leetonia
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1981
  • 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: 7/18/1981 ()
  • 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

    52

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    555

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    225

    1000

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    8.7

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior fine sand; weak medium and coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01473
    E—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01474
    Bhs—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01475
    Bs—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01476
    Bw3—25 to 58 centimeters (9.8 to 22.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 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 # PSU01477
    BC—58 to 145 centimeters (22.8 to 57.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01478. Common strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct lamellae; common very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.
    C1—145 to 193 centimeters (57.1 to 76.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior fine sand; weak subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 80 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01479. Few strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium faint lamellae; many very pale brown (10YR 7/3) thick continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments; boundary becomes irregular.
    C2—193 to 218 centimeters (76.0 to 85.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 80 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01480. Few strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint lamellae; common very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.
    C3—218 to 236 centimeters (85.8 to 92.9 inches); 99 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # PSU01481. 100 percent rock fragments.