IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985KY095004
  • User Pedon ID: 85KY095004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57860
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 36.9269447
  • Std. Longitude: -82.9488907
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Left fork of Cloverlick Cr; about 5 mi SE of Cumberland, KY.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY095—Harlan
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. D. Childress and S. Blandford
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—11

    29—122

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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

    53

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    640

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    180

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    12

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    12

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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Leaves, twigs and roots.
    A—5 to 16 centimeters (2.0 to 6.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very gravelly silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 150-265-380 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. many fine roots throughout
    BA—16 to 34 centimeters (6.3 to 13.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 150-265-380 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00267. common medium roots throughout
    Bw1—34 to 76 centimeters (13.4 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 150-265-380 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 86P00268. few medium roots throughout
    Bw2—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 150-265-380 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00269. few fine roots throughout
    B—127 to 155 centimeters (50.0 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very gravelly loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine prominent and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 150-265-380 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. About 20% is brittle.; few fine roots throughout; few fine prominent 10YR71 mottles; few fine distinct 5YR56 mottles