IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leetonia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977PA099017
  • User Pedon ID: 1977PA099017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 654
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 77PA099017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44603
  • 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: 40.2341667
  • Std. Longitude: -77.6016667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Showacker Ranger Station, N on Fowlers Hollow Rd. 7 mi to couch Rd. 3.9 mi W on N side of Rd.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA099—Perry
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA099—Perry County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-B5—Newburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S.Stanley, J.Greenawalt, E.Ciolkosz, L.McCalmont, J.Zarichansky
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Leetonia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leetonia
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/26/1977 ()
  • 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

    2GA

    2MOSS

    ACRU

    GAYLU

    HAMAM

    KALA

    QUPR2

    QURU

    SAAL5

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    Acer rubrum

    Gaylussacia

    Hamamelis

    Kalmia latifolia

    Quercus prinus

    Quercus rubra

    Sassafras albidum

    Grass, annual

    Moss

    red maple

    huckleberry

    witchhazel

    mountain laurel

    chestnut oak

    northern red oak

    sassafras

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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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    616

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    270

    1050

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    8.8

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU05066. Raw leaf litter and twigs.
    Oa—1 to 5 centimeters (0.4 to 2.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05067. "Partially decomposed leaf litter, and matted roots."
    E—5 to 33 centimeters (2.0 to 13.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) interior very channery sand; structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05068
    Bhs—33 to 35 centimeters (13.0 to 13.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior very channery loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05069. Concretions exterior (7.5YR 3/2) and interior (7.5YR 5/6).
    Bs—35 to 43 centimeters (13.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very channery loamy sand; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05070
    Bw—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior very channery loamy sand; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05071
    BC—58 to 102 centimeters (22.8 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very channery loamy sand; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05072
    C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very channery loamy sand; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05073