IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lakin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA097012
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA097012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 637
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA097012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44584
  • Print Date: 4/22/2026

    • 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: 40.9894444
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8555556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 mi N of Montandon, 0.2 mi NW of junc. of T579 and LR 49118 on the N side of New Factory site.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA097—Northumberland
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA097—Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-H7—Northumberland, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: I. W. Ratcliff, C. D. Kohler, P. Parrish, R. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed Entisols
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lakin
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 30 in/hr of percolation rate and 30 in/hr of percolation rate and 33 in/hr of percolation rate and 45 in/hr of percolation rate and 58.14 in/hr of percolation rate and 64.26 in/hr of percolation rate and 75 in/hr of percolation rate and 84 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/20/1974 ()
  • 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

    2FORB

    TRIFO

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    Trifolium

    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    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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    148

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    270

    1000

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    —

    —

    —

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    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU04918
    Bw—20 to 58 centimeters (7.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior loamy fine sand; weak medium prismatic structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04919
    BC—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sand; weak fine prismatic structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04920
    C—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior fine sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04921
    Bwb—97 to 109 centimeters (38.2 to 42.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loamy fine sand; weak medium prismatic structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04922
    Cb1—109 to 165 centimeters (42.9 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior fine sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04923
    Cb2—165 to 190 centimeters (65.0 to 74.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior fine sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04924
    Cb3—190 to 206 centimeters (74.8 to 81.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and light gray (5YR 7/1) interior loamy fine sand; weak coarse platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04925
    Cb4—206 to 211 centimeters (81.1 to 83.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior silt loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent prominent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04926
    Cb5—211 to 236 centimeters (83.1 to 92.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior fine sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04927