Soil Series Atlas

Hazleton soil series

Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts

050100150cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ft6 ftOeOrganic layer · moderately decomposed0–5 cm · 0–2 inELeached layer5–10 cm · 2–4 inBhsSubsoil · humus build-up, iron andaluminum build-up10–15 cm · 4–6 inBsSubsoil · iron and aluminum build-up15–20 cm · 6–8 inBw1Subsoil · color or structure change20–43 cm · 8–17 inBw2Subsoil · color or structure change43–61 cm · 17–24 inBw3Subsoil · color or structure change61–86 cm · 24–34 inCParent material86–147 cm · 34–58 inRHard bedrock147–183 cm · 58–72 in050100150cmOeOrganic layer ·moderately decomposed0–5 cm · 0–2 inELeached layer5–10 cm · 2–4 inBhsSubsoil · humusbuild-up, iron andaluminum build-up10–15 cm · 4–6 inBsSubsoil · iron andaluminum build-up15–20 cm · 6–8 inBw1Subsoil · color orstructure change20–43 cm · 8–17 inBw2Subsoil · color orstructure change43–61 cm · 17–24 inBw3Subsoil · color orstructure change61–86 cm · 24–34 inCParent material86–147 cm · 34–58 inRHard bedrock147–183 cm · 58–72 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 183 cm (72 in), 9 horizons.

Inceptisols — young soils with weakly developed horizons

Hazleton is mapped on 1.81 million acres in 7 states, 51st nationally by area. No series covers more of Pennsylvania: it accounts for 6.2% of the state’s mapped soil. Among the 3,264 mapped Inceptisols it is the 3rd-largest. It is the state soil of Pennsylvania.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Well drained
Water movement
Moderately high

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Where Hazleton is mapped

1,807,228 acres in 77 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew Jersey: 9,544 acresNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvania: 1,589,533 acresSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest Virginia: 66,226 acresIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMaryland: 17,513 acresMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew York: 313 acresOhio: 70,170 acresOregonTennesseeUtahVirginia: 53,929 acresWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Hazleton acres

  1. Pennsylvania88%
  2. Ohio4%
  3. West Virginia4%
  4. Virginia3%
  5. Maryland1%
  6. New Jersey0.5%
  7. New York<0.1%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Pennsylvania 1st of 400 · 6.18%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Water movement (Ksat)

Moderately high

SlowFast
Parent material
Residuum, sandstone
Landform
Hillslopes
Major land resource areas
124, 125, 126, 127, 130A, 147, 148
Type location
Pennsylvania

How it is classified

  1. OrderInceptisols
  2. SuborderUdepts
  3. Great groupDystrudepts
  4. SubgroupTypic Dystrudepts
  5. FamilyLoamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Dystrudeptsloamy-skeletal particle-size classsiliceous mineralogy classactive cation-exchange activity classmesic soil temperature regime

Against other Inceptisols

Hazleton makes up 0.99% of all mapped Inceptisols — the 3rd largest of 3,264 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

86 cm over a median of 80 cm

Depth to the subsoil

10 cm under a median of 18 cm

Depth described

183 cm over a median of 152 cm

Its relatives

3 other established series share the family “Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts”

  1. Hazleton1.8 M
  2. Dekalb1.5 M
  3. Wallen181 k
  4. Sherando22 k

Close relatives, at one scale

  1. Hazleton183 cm · Typic Dystrudepts
  2. Narragansett152 cm · Typic Dystrudepts
  3. Berks84 cm · Typic Dystrudepts
  4. Paxton165 cm · Oxyaquic Dystrudepts

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
OeOrganic layer: moderately decomposed0–5 cm0–2 in5 cm
ELeached layer5–10 cm2–4 in5 cm
BhsSubsoil: humus build-up, iron and aluminum build-up10–15 cm4–6 in5 cm
BsSubsoil: iron and aluminum build-up15–20 cm6–8 in5 cm
Bw1Subsoil: color or structure change20–43 cm8–17 in23 cm
Bw2Subsoil: color or structure change43–61 cm17–24 in18 cm
Bw3Subsoil: color or structure change61–86 cm24–34 in25 cm
CParent material86–147 cm34–58 in61 cm
RHard bedrock147–183 cm58–72 in36 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2025-04), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides