IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Duffield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1965PA055011
  • User Pedon ID: 1965PA055011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 363
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 65PA055011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44280
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.8780556
  • Std. Longitude: -77.5730556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Ausherman farm; 115 ft E of Rt 997, 0.5 mi SSE of Duffield, Guilfort Twp.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA055—Franklin
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA055—Franklin County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39077-H5—Scotland, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, J. Noll, R. Long
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Duffield
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Duffield
  • Classificaton Date - 3/23/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/23/1965 ()
  • 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

    2

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    264

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    0

    1000

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    10.3

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 2 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02812
    Bt1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02813. patchy - phpvsfiid 533059; patchy - phpvsfiid 533060; patchy - phpvsfiid 533059; patchy - phpvsfiid 533060
    Bt2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02814. Some ped faces of dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4).; patchy - phpvsfiid 533061; patchy - phpvsfiid 533062; patchy - phpvsfiid 533061; patchy - phpvsfiid 533062
    Bt3—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; prominent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02815. Few black concretions; some dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) ped faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533063; patchy - phpvsfiid 533063
    Bt4—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02816. Dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) ped faces; few black concretions.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533064; patchy - phpvsfiid 533064
    BC—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02817. "Some dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coatings, streaks of pale brown (10YR 6/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3)."
    C—157 to 279 centimeters (61.8 to 109.8 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak coarse platy structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02818. Structure from bedding planes.