IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leetonia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981PA027062
  • User Pedon ID: 1981PA027062
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 202
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 81PA027062
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44102
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.9141667
  • 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-skeletal, siliceous Entic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 62
  • 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
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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

    55

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    533

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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); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01482
    E—3 to 25 centimeters (1.2 to 9.8 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01483
    Bhs—25 to 28 centimeters (9.8 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01484. Boundary becomes dicontinuous
    Bs—28 to 33 centimeters (11.0 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior loamy fine sand; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01485
    Bw1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01486
    Bw2—56 to 127 centimeters (22.0 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01487. Boundary becomes discontinuous.
    C1—127 to 155 centimeters (50.0 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 80 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01488. Common strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium faint lamellae; common brown (10YR 5/3) thick continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.
    C2—155 to 178 centimeters (61.0 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 99 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01489. 100 percent rock fragments with few strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium lamellae and few brown (10YR 5/3) thick continuous silt loam coatings on the upper surface of rock fragments.
    C3—178 to 206 centimeters (70.1 to 81.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior and reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 80 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01490. Few strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct lamellae; common brown (10YR 5/3) medium continuous silt loam coatings on the uppper surface of rock fragments.