IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971PA111004
  • User Pedon ID: 1971PA111004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 735
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 71PA111004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45243
  • 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: 39.7863889
  • Std. Longitude: -79.1766667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Mount Davis
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA111—Somerset
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39079-G2—Markleton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ed Ciolkosz and Mike Clark
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, superactive Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • 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 - Leetonia
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/21/1971 ()
  • 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

    VACCI

    Vaccinium

    blueberry

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    spodic horizon

    cambic horizon

    5—160

    20—46

    46—53

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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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    1050

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    180

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05577. leaf litter - dry
    Oa—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); black (N 2/0) interior; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05578
    A—6 to 11 centimeters (2.4 to 4.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05579
    E—11 to 26 centimeters (4.3 to 10.2 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior very channery sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05580. clean sand grains
    Bh—26 to 31 centimeters (10.2 to 12.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior very channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05581
    Bhs—31 to 52 centimeters (12.2 to 20.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior very channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 14 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05582. patchy - phpvsfiid 534959; patchy - phpvsfiid 534959
    Bw—52 to 59 centimeters (20.5 to 23.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior very channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 14 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05583. patchy - phpvsfiid 534961; patchy - phpvsfiid 534961
    Bx1—59 to 85 centimeters (23.2 to 33.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior very channery sandy loam; moderate thick platy structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05584. "coarse prismatic structure, outlined by 10YR 6/6, not very prominent (seen only in 2 places in pit)"; continuous - phpvsfiid 534963; continuous - phpvsfiid 534963
    Bx2—85 to 110 centimeters (33.5 to 43.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior very channery sandy loam; weak very thick platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05585. "coarse prismatic structure, outlined by 10YR 6/6, not very prominent (seen only in 2 places in pit)"; patchy - phpvsfiid 534965; patchy - phpvsfiid 534965
    Bx3—110 to 138 centimeters (43.3 to 54.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior extremely channery sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 14 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05586. "coarse prismatic structure, outlined by 10YR 6/6, not very prominent (seen only in 2 places in pit); bulk of fragments are 12-15 in. long, 3-6 in. thick; some boulders, 25-40 in. thick, 6-8 ft., are present"
    Bx4—138 to 166 centimeters (54.3 to 65.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior extremely channery sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 14 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05587. "coarse prismatic structure, outlined by 10YR 6/6, not very prominent (seen only in 2 places in pit); bulk of fragments are 12-15 in. long, 3-6 in. thick; some boulders, 25-40 in. thick, 6-8 ft. long, are present"