IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tunkhannock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978PA081044
  • User Pedon ID: 1978PA081044
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 542
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78PA081044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44479
  • Print Date: 5/17/2024

    • 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: 41.2808333
  • Std. Longitude: -76.9069444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 75 yds W of Part 87, 30 yds S of Transco Pipeline, 1.5 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 and C. Kohler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 44
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tunkhannock
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tunkhannock
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1978 ()
  • 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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    171

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    180

    1000

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior gravelly loam; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04251
    Bw1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04252
    Bw2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior very gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04253
    BC—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior very gravelly sandy loam; structureless single grain; very friable, very sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04254
    C1—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior very gravelly coarse sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04255
    C2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) interior very gravelly coarse sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04256