IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lakin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA097013
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA097013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 638
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA097013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44585
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 40.9433333
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8480556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.6 mi S of Montandon, 200 ft E of Pa 149 and 0.2 mi N of Chillisquaque Cr. on right of way of highway.
  • 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, G. D. Yoder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed Entisols
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 13
  • 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 - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 37.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 157.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 210 in/hr of percolation rate and 240 in/hr of percolation rate and 240 in/hr of percolation rate and 307.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 315 in/hr of percolation rate and 315 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    ALVI

    PRUNU

    ROPS

    RUFL

    Allium vineale

    Prunus

    Robinia pseudoacacia

    Rubus flagellaris

    wild garlic

    plum

    black locust

    northern dewberry

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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

    6

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    159

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    270

    1000

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    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04928
    Bw1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04929
    Bw2—46 to 86 centimeters (18.1 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04930
    C1—86 to 147 centimeters (33.9 to 57.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior and dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04931
    2Bwb1—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 1 percent fine distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and 1 percent fine distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/3) and 1 percent fine distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04932
    2Bwb2—173 to 196 centimeters (68.1 to 77.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak coarse platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 60 percent coarse distinct reddish yellow (5YR 6/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04933
    2Bwb3—196 to 231 centimeters (77.2 to 90.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04934
    2Cwb4—231 to 251 centimeters (90.9 to 98.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04935