IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lackawanna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 290
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA037009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 290
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA037009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44199
  • Print Date: 5/16/2024

    • 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: 41.2700000
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3552778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.7 mi S of Rt 115 on dirt road 1.5 mi E of Jct Rt 115 & Benton to Central Rd, 300' NW farm, 150' W Rd.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA037—Columbia
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-C3—Red Rock, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, P. Parrish, C. Engle, E. Mason, R. Shipp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lackawanna
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lackawanna
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/26/1959 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    PHLEU

    TRPR2

    Phleum

    Trifolium pratense

    timothy

    red clover

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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

    2

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    372

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    45

    1000

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02174. Limed
    E—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02175. Texture is gritty.
    Bw1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 roots; faint clay films; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02176. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532720; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532720
    Bw2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; faint clay films; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02177. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532721; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532721
    Bx1—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior channery clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent faint clay films; 1 percent fine distinct red (10R 4/8) and 1 percent fine distinct reddish gray (10R 6/1); 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02178. Mottles are discontinuous in this horizon.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532722; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532722
    Bx2—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior channery clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent faint clay films; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02179. Very fine sand and silt particles.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532723; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532723
    C1—112 to 130 centimeters (44.1 to 51.2 inches); dusky red (10R 3/2) interior and dusky red (10R 3/3) interior gravelly loam, channery loam; weak coarse platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 60 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02180. Very fine silt and sand particles.
    C2—130 to 145 centimeters (51.2 to 57.1 inches); dusky red (10R 3/2) interior and dusky red (10R 3/3) interior very channery loam; structureless massive, and platy; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 80 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02181. Coarse fragments are olive gray graywacke; boulders to 15x10x5 inches.