IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tunkhannock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978PA081045
  • User Pedon ID: 1978PA081045
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 543
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78PA081045
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44480
  • Print Date: 5/16/2024

    • 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: 41.3233333
  • Std. Longitude: -76.9166667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 400 yds W of Loyalsock Creek, 200 yds S Part 973, 6 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: N. Ellenberger and I. Ratcliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Dystric Eutrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 45
  • 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
  • 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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    184

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    90

    1000

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04257
    Bw1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04258
    Bw2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior very gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 15 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; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04259
    BC1—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior very gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04260
    BC2—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior very gravelly sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04261
    C1—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior very gravelly loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04262
    C2—137 to 168 centimeters (53.9 to 66.1 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior very gravelly loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04263