IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lackawanna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 563
  • User Pedon ID: 1988PA081069
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 563
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88PA081069
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44502
  • 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: 41.4850000
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8211111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: BARBOUSE, PA (NE WARDENVILLE QUADRANGLE) 5,700 FT W OF LOOKOUT TOWER 92=,200 FT NE OF SHARP TOP, 50 FEET OF MERRELL ROAD REAL ASPECT = 156 DEGREES
  • 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, A. Wilkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 69
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lackawanna
  • PSC - 25 to 54 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
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1988 ()
  • 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

    PRSE2

    Acer saccharum

    Fraxinus americana

    Prunus serotina

    sugar maple

    white ash

    black cherry

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

    lithic contact

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    fragipan

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    0—6

    6—54

    54—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

    8

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    610

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    135

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; moderate permeability; 5.0 fine roots top of horizon; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU07207; moist when described;
    A—3 to 9 centimeters (1.2 to 3.5 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior channery silt loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine to coarse low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07208; moist when described;
    Bw1—9 to 28 centimeters (3.5 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior channery loam; 21 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.5 medium and coarse roots between peds; 2.5 fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07209; moist when described;
    Bw2—28 to 57 centimeters (11.0 to 22.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior very channery loam; 21 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume subrounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07210; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 534148; patchy - phpvsfiid 534148
    Bx1—57 to 70 centimeters (22.4 to 27.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior very gravelly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 0.6 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; fine iron-manganese masses; 25 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume subrounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07211; moist when described;
    Bx2—70 to 108 centimeters (27.6 to 42.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior extremely gravelly sandy loam; 5 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 0.6 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 14 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) skeletans on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume subrounded ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume subrounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07212; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534149; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534149
    Bx3—108 to 153 centimeters (42.5 to 60.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior extremely gravelly loamy sand; 5 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderately rapid permeability; 0.6 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume subrounded ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07213; moist when described;
    R—153 to 163 centimeters (60.2 to 64.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU07214