IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Allenwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954PA081002
  • User Pedon ID: S1954PA081002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1954PA081002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0384
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32912
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 41.2108383
  • Std. Longitude: -76.6435394
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, near Hughesville.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA081—Lycoming
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA081—Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Allenwood
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    QURU

    Quercus rubra

    northern red 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
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    O2—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02874. Not sampled; forest floor, consisting of leaves and needles in various stages of decay. O1, O21, O22, and O23 horizons can be distinguished. Casts and tunnel excavations of arthropod fauna occur as discontinuous A1 horizons.
    A21—4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) gravelly silt loam, loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02875. Loam about 1/4 inch thick consisting of mass of intertwined grayish brown fibrous fungal hyphae mixed with yellowish brown and gray sandy material.
    B—5 to 7 centimeters (2.0 to 2.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) channery silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02876. Matted with fungal hyphae
    A2—7 to 12 centimeters (2.8 to 4.7 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; weak granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02877. Matted with fungal hyphae.
    A3—12 to 14 centimeters (4.7 to 5.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; weak granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02878. Matted with fungal hyphae.
    B11—14 to 19 centimeters (5.5 to 7.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 3.0 roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02879
    B12—19 to 29 centimeters (7.5 to 11.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 3.0 roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02880
    B21t—29 to 45 centimeters (11.4 to 17.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam, clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent clay films; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A02881. Exterior of peds duller colored than interiors.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195295; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195295
    B22t—45 to 59 centimeters (17.7 to 23.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent clay films; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A02882. Material cuts with a knife exhibits a few soft clayey strongly weathered fragments from sand size up to 1/4 inch in diameter.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195296; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195296
    B23t—59 to 95 centimeters (23.2 to 37.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) gravelly clay loam; strong very coarse subangular blocky, and prismatic structure; extremely firm*; 3.0 roots between peds; 21.0 fine pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores and clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A02883. Interior of peds is dark red, exterior is yellowish red; very coarse blocks are made up of moderate or weak medium angular blocks; many soft clayey 1/8 to 1/2 inch pale yellow fragments inside of peds.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195298; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195298
    B3—95 to 121 centimeters (37.4 to 47.6 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) gravelly loam; massive; extremely firm*; 0.5 very fine pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores and black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; 20 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A02884. Soft dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) strongly weathered fine channers and pebbles are conspicuous when material is cut or broken, much less so when crushed. Manganese stains are conspicuous, particularly bordering pebbles and stones.
    B3—121 to 156 centimeters (47.6 to 61.4 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) gravelly loam; massive; extremely firm*; 0.5 very fine pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores and black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; 20 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A02885. Soft dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) strongly weathered fine channers and pebbles are conspicuous when material is cut or broken, much less so when crushed. Manganese stains conspicuous, particularly bordering pebbles and stones.
    C1—156 to 182 centimeters (61.4 to 71.7 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) gravelly loam; very firm; yellow (10YR 8/6), moist, and 1 percent clay films and 30 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; 55 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A02886. Few soft, weathered, clayey fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195303; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195303
    C2—182 to 228 centimeters (71.7 to 89.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) gravelly sandy loam; very firm; yellow (10YR 8/6), moist, and 1 percent clay films and 30 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; 55 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A02887. Few soft, weathered, clayey fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195306; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195306