IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morrison
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1967PA061010
  • User Pedon ID: 1967PA061010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 397
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67PA061010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44317
  • 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: 40.6608333
  • Std. Longitude: -78.1333333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.1 mi from Huntingdon Furnace on LR 31069, left onto farmlane and 467 ft S.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA061—Huntingdon
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA061—Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40078-F2—Tyrone, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey, T. Craft, G. Yoder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morrison
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morrison
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.88 in/hr of percolation rate and 5.63 in/hr of percolation rate and 6.75 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/8/1967 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    ALNUS

    GAYLU

    PIVI2

    POTR5

    QUERC

    RUHA

    Alnus

    Gaylussacia

    Pinus virginiana

    Populus tremuloides

    Quercus

    Rubus hawaiensis

    alder

    huckleberry

    Virginia pine

    quaking aspen

    oak

    Hawai'i blackberry

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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

    5

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    335

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    270

    1050

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    9.6

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02976
    BA—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior channery fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02977
    Bt1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02978
    Bt2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02979. Friable to firm moist consistence.
    Bt3—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; faint clay films on rock fragments and prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02980. Friable to firm moist consistence.
    Bt4—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very channery sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 60 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02981
    2Bt5—122 to 160 centimeters (48.0 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior channery sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films between sand grains and 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02982
    2Bt6—160 to 190 centimeters (63.0 to 74.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior channery sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02983
    2Bt7—190 to 206 centimeters (74.8 to 81.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02984. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533191; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533191