IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955PA071013
  • User Pedon ID: S1955PA071013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955PA071013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0377
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32905
  • 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: 39.9464035
  • Std. Longitude: -76.1574173
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 3 miles southeast of Strasburg on Route 360-11, sampled in woods west of road 60 feet from road opposite cinder pile. Aerial photo No. R-8-29.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA071—Lancaster
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA071—Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.G. Loughry
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • PSC - 25 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    CASTA

    FAGUS

    KALA

    QUAL

    Acer

    Castanea

    Fagus

    Kalmia latifolia

    Quercus alba

    maple

    chestnut

    beech

    mountain laurel

    white 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

    7

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    O1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02813. Not sampled; mixed hardwood leaves.
    O2—4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2.0 inches); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02814. Dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) well rotted leaf mold.
    A2—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; single grain; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A02815
    B1—8 to 10 centimeters (3.1 to 3.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; single grain; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A02816
    A'21—10 to 35 centimeters (3.9 to 13.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02817
    A'22—35 to 51 centimeters (13.8 to 20.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02818
    B'2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02819
    B3—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) channery sandy loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, coats on rock fragments; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02820
    C—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) channery sandy loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, coats; clay bodies in cracks; 90 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02821. Not sampled.