IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lackawanna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 558
  • User Pedon ID: 1988PA081064
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 558
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88PA081064
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44496
  • 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: 41.5769444
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8383333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: ASPECT = 160 DEGREES
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA081—Lycoming
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Knight, M. Cessna, N. Ellenberger, R. Schweinsberg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, acid Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 64
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lackawanna
  • PSC - 25 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1988 ()
  • 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

    ACPE

    ACRU

    FAGR

    PRSE2

    Acer pensylvanicum

    Acer rubrum

    Fagus grandifolia

    Prunus serotina

    striped maple

    red maple

    American beech

    black cherry

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    fragipan

    0—3

    3—65

    65—144

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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

    7

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    667

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    180

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07172; moist when described;
    A—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine crumb structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07173; moist when described;
    Bw1—6 to 35 centimeters (2.4 to 13.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07174; moist when described;
    Bw2—35 to 53 centimeters (13.8 to 20.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior channery loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07175; moist when described;
    Bw3—53 to 68 centimeters (20.9 to 26.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior channery loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 11 percent fine and medium faint light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) and 11 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07176; moist when described;
    Bx1—68 to 95 centimeters (26.8 to 37.4 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior channery silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderately slow permeability; 0.1 fine roots between peds; 38 percent prominent very dark gray (N 3/0) black stains on all faces of peds; 30 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07177; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534130; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534130
    Bx2—95 to 147 centimeters (37.4 to 57.9 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior very channery silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; slow permeability; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 14 percent prominent very dark gray (N 3/0) black stains on rock fragments; 35 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07178; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534131; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534131
    C—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior very channery loam; 18 percent clay; massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4); 35 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # PSU07179; moist when described;