IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lackawanna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 545
  • User Pedon ID: 1978PA081047
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 545
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78PA081047
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44482
  • 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: 41.3941667
  • Std. Longitude: -76.9741667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 200 yds S of intersect TWP Rts. 852 and 854, 50 yds E TWP Rt 854. Lundy property
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA081—Lycoming
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-D8—Bodines, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Kohler and I. Ratcliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 47
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lackawanna
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lackawanna
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1978 ()
  • 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

    QUAL

    RHODO

    TSCA

    Quercus alba

    Rhododendron

    Tsuga canadensis

    white oak

    rhododendron

    eastern hemlock

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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

    3

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    378

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    0

    950

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    9

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04274
    BA—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04275
    Bw1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04276
    Bw2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04277. patchy - phpvsfiid 534008; patchy - phpvsfiid 534008
    Bw3—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 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 # PSU04278
    Bx1—71 to 119 centimeters (28.0 to 46.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; weak medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04279
    Bx2—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 14 percent faint clay films; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04280. patchy - phpvsfiid 534010; patchy - phpvsfiid 534010
    Bx3—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior very gravelly silt loam; moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04281. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534011; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534011