IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lackawanna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 597
  • User Pedon ID: 1965PA089015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 597
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 65PA089015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44539
  • Print Date: 5/17/2024

    • 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: 41.0866667
  • Std. Longitude: -75.2613889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 40 ft N of the edge of a borrow pit N of LR45026 1 mi W of Rt. 191.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA089—Monroe
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41075-A3—Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Noll, F. Loughry, E. Sautter, G. Fisher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lackawanna
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westfield
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.25 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/8/1965 ()
  • 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

    2TD

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    Tree, deciduous

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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

    17

    —

    —

    232

    —

    270

    1250

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    —

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    9.6

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU04628. Mainly hardwood leaf litter.
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04629. Partially decomposed hardwood leaflitter.
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04630
    E—13 to 15 centimeters (5.1 to 5.9 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # PSU04631. Thin discontinuous loam.
    Bs—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04632
    E'—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior channery fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04633
    B'w1—46 to 63 centimeters (18.1 to 24.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior channery sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04634
    B'w2—63 to 96 centimeters (24.8 to 37.8 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior channery sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04635
    B'x1—96 to 114 centimeters (37.8 to 44.9 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior channery sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04636. Top is slightly mottled and more friable.
    B'x2—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior channery sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 14 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04637. Streaks of pinkish gray (5YR 6/2).; patchy - phpvsfiid 534308; patchy - phpvsfiid 534308
    2B'x3—140 to 155 centimeters (55.1 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very channery loamy sand; structureless single grain; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 45 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04638
    2B'x4—155 to 188 centimeters (61.0 to 74.0 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior channery loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; brittle; 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04639