IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leck Kill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975PA081039
  • User Pedon ID: 1975PA081039
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 538
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 75PA081039
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44474
  • 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: 41.2844444
  • Std. Longitude: -76.9255556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: John Bower Farm, 0.5 mi N of Lysock County Home, 2 mi N of Montoursville.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA081—Lycoming
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA081—Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-C8—Montoursville North, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz, C. Kohler, A. Bilzi, W. Knight
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 39
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Leck Kill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leck Kill
  • Classificaton Date - 11/18/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/18/1975 ()
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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

    1

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    227

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    135

    1000

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    9.5

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior channery silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04203
    E—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04204
    BE—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior channery silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04205
    Bt1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); 5YR 4/ (5YR 4/), interior channery silty clay loam; very strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04206. continuous - phpvsfiid 533941; continuous - phpvsfiid 533941
    Bt2—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); 5YR 4/ (5YR 4/), interior channery clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04207. continuous - phpvsfiid 533942; continuous - phpvsfiid 533942
    BC1—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior channery loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04208
    BC2—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior channery sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04209
    C1—124 to 160 centimeters (48.8 to 63.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04210
    C2—160 to 206 centimeters (63.0 to 81.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loamy fine sand, channery fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04211
    C3—206 to 254 centimeters (81.1 to 100.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 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; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04212