IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988PA107044
  • User Pedon ID: 1988PA107044
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 706
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88PA107044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45211
  • 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: 40.8811111
  • Std. Longitude: -76.2719444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: SHUMANS, PA QUADRANGLE 22,400 FT E OF MILL GROVE JUNCTION 22,800 FT E OF KU LP JUNCTION 150 FT E OF TRAIL ASPECT = 162 DEGREES S
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA107—Schuylkill
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA107—Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-H3—Shumans, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Anderson, T. Craul, M. Horkey, A. Wilkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 44
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • 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: 10/27/1988 ()
  • 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

    QUPR2

    Quercus prinus

    chestnut oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—11

    11—64

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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

    18

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    513

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    180

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior; nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 medium roots top of horizon and 5.0 fine roots top of horizon; 3.8 medium and coarse high-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU07371; moist when described;
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); black (N 2/0) interior channery silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07372; moist when described;
    E—8 to 14 centimeters (3.1 to 5.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior channery sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 4.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 25 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07373; moist when described;
    Bw1—14 to 28 centimeters (5.5 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 25 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07374; moist when described;
    Bw2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior very channery loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 30 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07375; moist when described;
    Bw3—46 to 67 centimeters (18.1 to 26.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very channery loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.3 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 50 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07376; moist when described;
    BC—67 to 97 centimeters (26.4 to 38.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior extremely channery loamy sand; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.1 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 fine and medium low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07377; moist when described;
    C—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior extremely channery loamy sand; 5 percent clay; structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 fine and medium low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 30 percent by volume subangular ? to 265-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07378; moist when described;
    R—127 to 137 centimeters (50.0 to 53.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU07379