IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leck Kill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999PA049014
  • User Pedon ID: 99PA049014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0359
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11218
  • 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: 40.6736107
  • Std. Longitude: -76.6672211
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: NRCS weather station at ARS headquarters-Mahatango watershed.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA097—Northumberland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA097—Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. J. E.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leck Kill
  • Classificaton Date - 4/27/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/27/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    5

    152

    61

    223

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    270

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) channery silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P01945
    Ap2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) channery silt loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P01946
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) channery loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 30 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P01947. patchy - phpvsfiid 200711; patchy - phpvsfiid 200711
    Bt2—36 to 79 centimeters (14.2 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) very channery loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent prominent black (5YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments and 40 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 40 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P01948. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202731; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202732; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202731; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202732
    Bt3—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) extremely channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent prominent black (5YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments and 40 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 65 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P01949. continuous - phpvsfiid 202734; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202733; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202735; continuous - phpvsfiid 202734; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202733; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202735