IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buchanan

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2013PA055003

User Pedon ID: S2013PA055003

Vegetation Plot ID: S2013PA055003

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 14N0288

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79419

Print Date: 12/17/2024

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: 40.2254100

Std. Longitude: -77.6488400

Datum: WGS84

Map Unit: BxB—Buchanan cobbly loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, extremely stony

State: Pennsylvania

County: PA055—Franklin

MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania

PEDON

Describers Name: Joseph Kraft and Tyson Myers

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Fragic Hapludults

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name

Pedon Purpose: research site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Buchanan

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudults

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 6/25/2013

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:

Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree

Forest Understory Veg. Type - shrub

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: red colluvium derived from sandstone

Landform: hill on mountain valley

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: concave

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: indurated sandstone, unspecified

Geology: Juniata formation.

Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat angular indurated sandstone, unspecified,

Benchmark Soil?: yes

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/25/2013 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: Joe Kraft and Tyson Myers

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - 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 BELE QUPR2 QURU HAMAM VAAN	Acer pensylvanicum Acer rubrum Betula lenta Quercus prinus Quercus rubra Hamamelis Vaccinium angustifolium	striped maple red maple sweet birch chestnut oak northern red oak witchhazel lowbush blueberry	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	overstory overstory overstory overstory overstory understory understory

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
3	—	—	658.4	—	87	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); material; fragments.; observed in trench

Oi—1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.; observed in trench

Oe—2 to 6 centimeters (0.8 to 2.4 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 14N01463; observed in trench

AE—6 to 8 centimeters (2.4 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face gravelly loamy sand; 5 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots around fragments and many fine roots around fragments; few medium vesicular and many fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-75-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-45-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01464; observed in trench

Bh—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face gravelly loam; 12 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine roots around fragments and many fine roots around fragments; few fine tubular and common fine vesicular pores; 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-45-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01465; observed in trench

BE—16 to 29 centimeters (6.3 to 11.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face loam; 8 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; many medium roots around fragments and many fine roots around fragments and common fine roots around fragments; common fine tubular and many fine vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-45-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01466; observed in trench

Bt1—29 to 68 centimeters (11.4 to 26.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face loam; 14 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; common fine tubular and many fine vesicular pores; 12 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-45-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01467; observed in trench

Bt2—68 to 108 centimeters (26.8 to 42.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots throughout; few medium tubular and common fine vesicular and common fine tubular pores; 7 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on vertical faces of peds and 7 percent medium reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-45-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01468; observed in trench

Bt3—108 to 150 centimeters (42.5 to 59.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face gravelly sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots in cracks; common medium vesicular and common coarse vesicular pores; 15 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent coarse pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-45-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01469; observed in trench

BC—150 to 187 centimeters (59.1 to 73.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face gravelly sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots in cracks; few medium vesicular and common fine vesicular pores; 1 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 1 percent coarse pinkish gray (5YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-45-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01470; observed in trench

C—187 to 201 centimeters (73.6 to 79.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face gravelly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; firm; 1 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 1 percent coarse pinkish gray (5YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; 17 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-45-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 14N01471; observed in trench