IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Murrill
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2004PA027007
User Pedon ID:
04PA027007
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Pedon # -
04N0809
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
16727
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
40.7197227
Std. Longitude:
-77.9330521
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Paul Salon Soil Quality study: Murrill, Rock Springs slope base
State:
Pennsylvania
County:
PA027—Centre
MLRA:
147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
PA027—Centre County, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
J.E., T.Craul, Y.P., M.McD., Jill
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
Pedon Type:
not classified to current taxon name
Pedon Purpose:
research site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Windows Pedon
Pedon #:
7
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Murrill
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
PSC -
25 to 75 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/7/2004
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
colluvium derived from limestone, sandstone, and shale over residuum weathered from limestone and dolomite
Landscape:
limestone and dolomite valley
Landform:
baseslope low hill
Geomorphic Component Hills:
base slope
Hill Slope Profile:
footslope
Slope Position:
middle third
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Bedrock:
dolomite (dolostone)
Geology:
Bellefonte Formation group .
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
4/7/2004 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Yield Study ID -
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
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Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04555
Bt1—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04556
Bt2—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04557
Bt3—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face sandy clay loam; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) medium and coarse faint and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium and coarse faint mottles; weak thick platy structure; friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-20-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # 04N04558