IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Murrill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971PA027029
  • User Pedon ID: 1971PA027029
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 185
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 71PA027029
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43531
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 40.9166667
  • Std. Longitude: -77.6769444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 250 ft NE of Rt 550 and 64 Jct, 1000 ft SE of Rt 64 along lane, 250 ft NE of cherry tree al. E side field lne
  • 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-H6—Mingoville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Grice,R.Matelski,G.Richard,G.Herrold,R.Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 29
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/25/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.5 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: 5/25/1971 ()
  • 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

    MESA

    PHLEU

    Medicago sativa

    Phleum

    alfalfa

    timothy

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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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    328

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    180

    1000

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    9.4

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, weak red (2.5YR 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01318
    Bt1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01319
    Bt2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01320
    Bt3—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent distinct black (N 2/0) coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01321
    Bt4—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior gravelly silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent distinct black (N 2/0) coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01322
    Bt5—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent distinct black (N 2/0) coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01323
    Bt6—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct black (N 2/0) coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01324
    2Btb1—157 to 188 centimeters (61.8 to 74.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior gravelly silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent prominent black (N 2/0) coats on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01325
    2Btb2—188 to 211 centimeters (74.0 to 83.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent prominent N 0 (N0) coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01326. Very strongly acid.
    2Btb3—211 to 234 centimeters (83.1 to 92.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior gravelly clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent prominent clay films and 38 percent prominent black (N 2/0) coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01327
    2Btb4—234 to 249 centimeters (92.1 to 98.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct black (N 2/0) coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01328