IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Murrill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959PA035019
  • User Pedon ID: 1959PA035019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 277
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 59PA035019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44184
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.9900000
  • Std. Longitude: -77.4258333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 300 ft S of Jct at Tylersville, 210 ft W of elect. pole holding transformers, Logan Twp.; Hough farm.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA035—Clinton
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA035—Clinton County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-H4—Millheim, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, W. Steputis, C. Engle, E. Mason
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/1959 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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

    6

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    357

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    0

    1000

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    9.2

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, moderately sticky; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02095. Less than 10% fragments smaller than 6 inches in diameter.
    BA—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02096
    Bt1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02097. 8 inch tongues extending downward.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532630; continuous - phpvsfiid 532630
    Bt2—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films and faint clay films and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02098. Some platiness.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532633; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532632; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532633; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532632
    Bt3—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films and faint clay films and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine distinct olive (5Y 5/4); 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02099. Has some platiness; 6 inch tongues.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532635; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532636; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532635; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532636
    BC—112 to 157 centimeters (44.1 to 61.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium platy, and fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films and faint clay films and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine distinct olive (5Y 5/4); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02100. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532639; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532638; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532639; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532638
    C—157 to 173 centimeters (61.8 to 68.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior silty clay loam; weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films and 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02101. Structure is mainly massive.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532641; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532641