IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978PA111005
  • User Pedon ID: 1978PA111005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 736
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78PA111005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45244
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 40.0383333
  • Std. Longitude: -78.7830556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 9.3 km NW of Kegg, 9.8 km NW of the intersection of Rt. 30 and 5043 along Rt. 30, 45 m NE into a wooded area.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA111—Somerset
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40078-A7—Central City, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Stanley, B. Carter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, superactive Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1978 ()
  • 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

    ACRU

    KALA

    PIST

    QURU

    SAAL5

    Acer rubrum

    Kalmia latifolia

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus rubra

    Sassafras albidum

    red maple

    mountain laurel

    eastern white pine

    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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    888

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    315

    1000

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    8.1

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05588
    Oa—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); black (N 2/0) interior; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05589
    A—6 to 11 centimeters (2.4 to 4.3 inches); dark gray (5YR 4/1) interior sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 35 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05590
    E—11 to 26 centimeters (4.3 to 10.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 60 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05591
    Bhs—26 to 29 centimeters (10.2 to 11.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 45 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05592
    Bs—29 to 34 centimeters (11.4 to 13.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05593
    Bw—34 to 59 centimeters (13.4 to 23.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 60 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05594
    BC1—59 to 72 centimeters (23.2 to 28.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 65 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05595
    BC2—72 to 97 centimeters (28.3 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 75 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05596