IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981PA061037
  • User Pedon ID: 1981PA061037
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 411
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 81PA061037
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44334
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 40.5575000
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3852778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.2 mi NE of Airydale, 0.75 mi SE upslope on Mountain Side (Hoover, 1983 Ph.D.).
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA061—Huntingdon
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA061—Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-D7—Newton Hamilton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Hoover
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 37
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/1981 ()
  • 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

    QUERC

    Acer

    Quercus

    maple

    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

    15

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    320

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    315

    1000

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    9.6

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    Oa—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # PSU03118
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03119
    E—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03120
    BE—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 3 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03121
    Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 14 percent faint clay films; 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03122
    Bt2—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 14 percent faint clay films and 14 percent black stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03123. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533298; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533298
    2Btb1—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 14 percent black stains on all faces of peds and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03124. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533300; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533300
    2Btb2—86 to 135 centimeters (33.9 to 53.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 14 percent black stains on all faces of peds and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03125. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533302; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533302
    2Btb3—135 to 173 centimeters (53.1 to 68.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate thick platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent black stains on all faces of peds and 70 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent medium prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3); 3 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03126. continuous - phpvsfiid 533304; continuous - phpvsfiid 533304
    2Btb4—173 to 236 centimeters (68.1 to 92.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak and moderate thick platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent black stains on all faces of peds and 70 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent medium prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3); 3 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03127. continuous - phpvsfiid 533306; continuous - phpvsfiid 533306
    2Btb5—236 to 274 centimeters (92.9 to 107.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 3 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # PSU03128
    3Cr—274 to 300 centimeters (107.9 to 118.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 38 percent black stains on all faces of peds; 40 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # PSU03129