IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buchanan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988PA055069
  • User Pedon ID: 1988PA055069
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 373
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88PA055069
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44291
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 40.2311111
  • Std. Longitude: -77.6727778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: ASPECT = 330 DEGREES
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA055—Franklin
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA055—Franklin County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Knight, M. Cessna, N. Ellenberger, R. Schweinsberg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Aeric Fragiaquults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 69
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Buchanan
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain valleys or canyons
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: undulating
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1988 ()
  • 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

    BEAL2

    FAGR

    QUAL

    QURU

    TSCA

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Fagus grandifolia

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Tsuga canadensis

    yellow birch

    American beech

    white oak

    northern red oak

    eastern hemlock

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—25

    0—25

    86—86

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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

    8

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    326

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    315

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior channery loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine crumb structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 5.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.8 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07091; moist when described;
    E—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 4.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.8 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent fine and medium faint pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2); 8 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07092; moist when described;
    Btg—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) interior clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 0.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 38 percent distinct pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent medium and coarse prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6); 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07093; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 533090; continuous - phpvsfiid 533090
    Bt—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior channery clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.1 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 70 percent distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) and 11 percent medium and coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 60 percent coarse prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2); 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07094; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 533091; continuous - phpvsfiid 533091
    Btx1—86 to 135 centimeters (33.9 to 53.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate medium platy, and moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; slow permeability; 70 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2); fine and medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; 30 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07095; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 533092; continuous - phpvsfiid 533092
    Btx2—135 to 200 centimeters (53.1 to 78.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior channery clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; slow permeability; 70 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium prominent pinkish gray (5YR 7/2) and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6); fine and medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; 25 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # PSU07096; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 533093; continuous - phpvsfiid 533093