IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morrison
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1967PA061011
  • User Pedon ID: 1967PA061011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 398
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67PA061011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44318
  • 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: 40.7091667
  • Std. Longitude: -78.0125000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 mi N of Pa 45 and LR 31091, Wayne Harpster's Farm.
  • 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-F1—Franklinville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Carey, G. Yoder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morrison
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morrison
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 1.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 5 in/hr of percolation rate and 9 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1967 ()
  • 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

    ACRU

    CORNU

    PIST

    POLYS

    QUCO2

    Acer rubrum

    Cornus

    Pinus strobus

    Polystichum

    Quercus coccinea

    red maple

    dogwood

    eastern white pine

    hollyfern

    scarlet 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

    5

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    351

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    180

    1000

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    9.5

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior fine sandy loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02985
    E1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior fine sandy loam; structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02986
    E2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; structureless single grain; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02987
    EB—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; structureless single grain; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02988
    BE—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02989
    Bt1—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior channery sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02990
    Bt2—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior channery loamy sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; distinct clay films on rock fragments; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02991
    Bt3—91 to 145 centimeters (35.8 to 57.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior very flaggy sandy loam; weak medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 60 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02992
    Bt4—145 to 160 centimeters (57.1 to 63.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very flaggy sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02993
    Bt5—160 to 196 centimeters (63.0 to 77.2 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02994
    BC—196 to 211 centimeters (77.2 to 83.1 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02995. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533198; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533198