IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buchanan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1966PA107010
  • User Pedon ID: 1966PA107010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 698
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 66PA107010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45201
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 40.7366667
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3141667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 12.2 mi WNW, 0.25 mi past the radio tower on the dirt road W from 53001, 2.25 mi S from 53060 in Gordon.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA107—Schuylkill
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA107—Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-F3—Minersville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, G. Latshaw, D. Beltz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Buchanan
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Natalie
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.06 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.06 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.15 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.31 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.58 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.38 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.54 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/2/1966 ()
  • 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

    QUIL

    SAAL5

    VACCI

    Quercus ilicifolia

    Sassafras albidum

    Vaccinium

    bear 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

    2

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    515

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    0

    1150

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    8.9

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05389
    E—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior, white (10YR 8/1) interior, dry; very stony loamy sand; structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05390
    Bh—23 to 26 centimeters (9.1 to 10.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # PSU05391
    Bs—26 to 33 centimeters (10.2 to 13.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05392
    Bw1—33 to 54 centimeters (13.0 to 21.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05393
    Bw2—54 to 74 centimeters (21.3 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent coarse prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05394
    Bx1—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium platy, and moderate medium platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent coarse prominent gray (10YR 6/1) and 11 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05395
    Bx2—94 to 110 centimeters (37.0 to 43.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 70 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent coarse prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and 11 percent coarse prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2); 35 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05396
    Bx3—110 to 181 centimeters (43.3 to 71.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior very gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 35 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05397