IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morrison
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1964PA027018
  • User Pedon ID: 1964PA027018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 180
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64PA027018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43526
  • 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: 40.7569444
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9727778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 mi NE Gatesburg PA, on hillside E of unused RR,0.1 mi N of Rt307 W of Fairbrook, 225 ft from RR bed.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA027—Centre
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA027—Centre County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-G8—Julian, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. J. Noll and R. H. Henry
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morrison
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morrison
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 1 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.67 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.88 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.92 in/hr of percolation rate and 4 in/hr of percolation rate and 4.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 7.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 10.58 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/1964 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    QUIL

    Quercus ilicifolia

    bear 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

    24

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    366

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    270

    1000

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    9.3

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (N 2/0) interior loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01286. White quartz granular visible; minimal podzol in some places very thin discontinuous 02.
    E—8 to 36 centimeters (3.1 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loamy sand; structureless massive, and weak fine granular; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01287. White quartz granular visible; A1 deposited along root channels.
    BA—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01288. 5-10% coarse fragments
    Bt1—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent black (N 2/0) coats; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01289. 5-10% coarse fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532134; patchy - phpvsfiid 532134
    Bt2—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; subangular blocky, and strong fine and medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films and 38 percent black (N 2/0) coats; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01290. 5-10% coarse fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532136; patchy - phpvsfiid 532136
    Bt3—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior sandy clay; strong fine and medium blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent black (N 2/0) coats; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01291. 5-10% coarse fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532138; patchy - phpvsfiid 532138
    Bt4—119 to 135 centimeters (46.9 to 53.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior sandy clay loam; strong fine and medium blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films and 38 percent black (N 2/0) coats; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01292. 5-10% coarse fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532139; patchy - phpvsfiid 532139
    BC—135 to 188 centimeters (53.1 to 74.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior sandy loam, clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films; 15 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01293. 10-15% coarse fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532141; patchy - phpvsfiid 532141