IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2013PA099006

User Pedon ID: S2013PA099006

Vegetation Plot ID: S2013PA099006

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 14N0291

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79422

Print Date: 11/21/2024

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: 40.2338100

Std. Longitude: -77.5683700

Datum: WGS84

Map Unit: HfB—Hazleton channery sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, rubbly

State: Pennsylvania

County: PA099—Perry

MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys

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

PEDON

Describers Name: Joseph Kraft

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: research site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Hazleton

Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 6/26/2013

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: residuum weathered from sandstone

Landscape: mountains

Landform: broad sloping ridge

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: indurated sandstone, unspecified

Geology: Tuscarora formation.

Surface Fragments: 0.10 percent nonflat subangular indurated sandstone, unspecified,

Benchmark Soil?: yes

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/27/2013 (actual site observation date)

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 BETUL FAGUS HAMAM NYSSA QURU VAAN	Acer pensylvanicum Acer rubrum Betula Fagus Hamamelis Nyssa Quercus rubra Vaccinium angustifolium	striped maple red maple birch beech witchhazel tupelo northern red oak lowbush blueberry	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, lithic	indurated	125 -	—

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
8	—	—	640.1	—	135	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oi—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 14N01484; observed in trench

Oe/A—9 to 12 centimeters (3.5 to 4.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face sand; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 14N01485; observed in trench

E—12 to 27 centimeters (4.7 to 10.6 inches); 90 percent gray (10YR 5/1) broken face and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1) broken face sand; 4 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01486; observed in trench

Bs/Bw—27 to 41 centimeters (10.6 to 16.1 inches); 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face and 10 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face loamy coarse sand; 4 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01487; observed in trench

Bw1—41 to 80 centimeters (16.1 to 31.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face gravelly loamy coarse sand; 12 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 medium roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots throughout; 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-45-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01488; observed in trench

Bw2—80 to 97 centimeters (31.5 to 38.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face extremely gravelly sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 medium roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots throughout; 10 percent clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 150-285-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-75-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-45-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01489; observed in trench

C—97 to 125 centimeters (38.2 to 49.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face extremely channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 medium roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots throughout; 15 percent clay films between sand grains; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-45-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 150-285-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 50 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-75-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01490; observed in trench

R—125 to 160 centimeters (49.2 to 63.0 inches); 0.2 medium roots around fragments; fragments.; observed in trench