IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979PA083007
  • User Pedon ID: 1979PA083007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 573
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 79PA083007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44513
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 41.6475000
  • Std. Longitude: -78.9494444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA083—McKean
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41078-F8—Ludlow, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Aguilar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/1979 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ACSA3

    FAGUS

    TSCA

    Acer saccharum

    Fagus

    Tsuga canadensis

    sugar maple

    beech

    eastern hemlock

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    spodic horizon

    cambic horizon

    17—57

    57—78

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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

    17

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    597

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    135

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU04439. beech and maple foliage with some hemlock litter
    Oe—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04440. decomposed leaves
    Oa—4 to 6 centimeters (1.6 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 medium and coarse roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04441. 58% organic matter
    E—6 to 23 centimeters (2.4 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior channery fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium and coarse roots; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04442
    Bhs1—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior very channery loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 40 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04443
    Bhs2—28 to 44 centimeters (11.0 to 17.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very channery fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 35 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04444
    Bs—44 to 63 centimeters (17.3 to 24.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior very channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 40 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04445
    Bw—63 to 84 centimeters (24.8 to 33.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior very channery fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 45 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04446
    BC—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior extremely channery fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 60 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04447
    C—102 to 151 centimeters (40.2 to 59.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior extremely channery fine sandy loam; structureless massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 80 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04448