IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958PA035004
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA035004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 262
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA035004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44168
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 41.0405556
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3991667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.5 mi S of Rt 880 at an old CCC camp on Long Run; 10.5 mi S of Lock Haven Twp., 200 ft NE of sharp turn inRd
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA035—Clinton
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA035—Clinton County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41077-A4—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, W. Steputis, C. Engle, E. Mason
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dekalb
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/1958 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other 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

    GAPR2

    KALA

    POLYS

    QUVE

    SAAL5

    VACCI

    Gaultheria procumbens

    Kalmia latifolia

    Polystichum

    Quercus velutina

    Sassafras albidum

    Vaccinium

    eastern teaberry

    mountain laurel

    hollyfern

    black oak

    sassafras

    blueberry

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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

    19

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    671

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    180

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior stony sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01986. Numerous tree roots.
    E—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior stony loamy sand; structureless single grain; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01987. Discontinuous trace of Bir occurs below this layer.
    BA—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine platy, and fine and medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01988
    Bw1—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01989. Some platiness.
    Bw2—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01990. Sandier when in contact with sandstone rocks.
    C—89 to 132 centimeters (35.0 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loamy sand; structureless massive; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01991