IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hazleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955PA071014
  • User Pedon ID: S1955PA071014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955PA071014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0378
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32906
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 39.9647217
  • Std. Longitude: -76.1113892
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 4 miles southeast of Strasburg on Crest of Mine Ridge 40 feet east of pole BT Co. of Pa. 66, 50 feet north into woods, 1/2 mile west of Mt. Pleasant Church. Aerial photo No. R-7-147.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA071—Lancaster
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA071—Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.G. Loughry
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hazleton
  • PSC - 10 to 32 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: R-7-147
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    QUAL

    QURU

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    white oak

    northern red oak

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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

    5

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02822. Not sampled; mixed hardwood leaves.
    O2—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02823. Black (5YR 2/1) rotted leaf litter.
    A2—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) fine sandy loam; single grain; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02824
    B2—8 to 10 centimeters (3.1 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; single grain, and weak massive; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A02825
    A'21—10 to 35 centimeters (3.9 to 13.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02826
    A'22—35 to 46 centimeters (13.8 to 18.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02827
    B'2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and yellow (2.5Y 7/6) channery sandy loam; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A02828
    C—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); channery sandy loam; clay films on rock fragments; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02829. Clay coatings on weathered rock and in cracks to depths below sampling.