IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leck Kill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975PA081040
  • User Pedon ID: 1975PA081040
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 539
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 75PA081040
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44475
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 41.3111111
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8777778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Ed Hunter Farm, 0.2 mi W of Mt. Zion Church, 6 mi NE 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 #: 40
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Leck Kill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leck Kill
  • Classificaton Date - 1/19/1975
  • 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: 1/19/1975 ()
  • 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

    2

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    343

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    45

    1000

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04213
    BA—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior channery silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04214
    Bt1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); 5YR 4/ (5YR 4/), interior channery silty clay loam; moderate and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 38 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04215. continuous - phpvsfiid 533945; continuous - phpvsfiid 533945
    Bt2—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); 5YR 4/ (5YR 4/), interior channery silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04216. continuous - phpvsfiid 533946; continuous - phpvsfiid 533946
    BC1—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); 5YR 4/ (5YR 4/), interior channery silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04217. continuous - phpvsfiid 533948; continuous - phpvsfiid 533948
    BC2—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on surfaces along pores and 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04218. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533950; continuous - phpvsfiid 533951; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533950; continuous - phpvsfiid 533951
    BC3—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior channery loam; weak coarse prismatic, and structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04219. continuous - phpvsfiid 533953; continuous - phpvsfiid 533953
    C1—157 to 188 centimeters (61.8 to 74.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior channery loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 14 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04220. Soil material is firm in place.
    C2—188 to 216 centimeters (74.0 to 85.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior channery loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 14 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04221. Soil material is firm in place.
    C3—216 to 249 centimeters (85.0 to 98.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior channery loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 14 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04222