IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lackawanna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 562
  • User Pedon ID: 1988PA081068
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 562
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88PA081068
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44501
  • 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: 41.4766667
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8286111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: BARBOURS, PA QUADRANGLE - 7200 FT W OF LOOKOUT TOWER. 7,100 FT NE OF SHARP T OP (A MOUNTAIN), 100 FT. S OF CASCADE ROAD
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA081—Lycoming
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-D7—Barbours, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Anderson, J. Chibirka, T. Craul, M. Horkey, G. Martin, A. Wilkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 68
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lackawanna
  • PSC - 25 to 57 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1988 ()
  • 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

    ACSA3

    FRAM2

    Acer saccharum

    Fraxinus americana

    sugar maple

    white ash

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    fragipan

    0—14

    14—57

    57—150

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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

    35

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    536

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    135

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; 5.0 very fine and fine roots top of horizon; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU07199; moist when described;
    AB—3 to 17 centimeters (1.2 to 6.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior channery silt loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07200; moist when described;
    Bw1—17 to 39 centimeters (6.7 to 15.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior channery loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07201; moist when described;
    Bw2—39 to 60 centimeters (15.4 to 23.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior channery loam; 22 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07202; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 534143; patchy - phpvsfiid 534143
    Bx1—60 to 81 centimeters (23.6 to 31.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior channery loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderately rapid permeability; 0.1 fine roots in cracks; 0.6 very fine and fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) skeletans on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume subangular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07203; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534145; patchy - phpvsfiid 534144; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534145; patchy - phpvsfiid 534144
    Bx2—81 to 106 centimeters (31.9 to 41.7 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior very channery loam; 25 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderately rapid permeability; 0.1 fine roots in cracks; 0.6 very fine and fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6); 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07204; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534146; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534146
    Bx3—106 to 153 centimeters (41.7 to 60.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior very channery sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderately rapid permeability; 0.6 very fine and fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07205; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534147; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534147
    R—153 to 163 centimeters (60.2 to 64.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU07206