IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989PA055013
  • User Pedon ID: S1989PA055013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0279
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62212
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: sheet #36, 1 1/4mi SE of Shippensburg reservoir, .1mi SE of intersection of Forest Rd. & T.616
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA055—Franklin
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2015
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    18

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    315

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. many roots
    A—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. many roots
    E—6 to 8 centimeters (2.4 to 3.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. many roots
    Bw1—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. few roots
    Bw2—16 to 36 centimeters (6.3 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01757. few roots
    Bw3—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments.