IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Murrill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971PA061028
  • User Pedon ID: 1971PA061028
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 402
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 71PA061028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44324
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 40.4897222
  • Std. Longitude: -77.8688889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 5 mi NE of Mill Creek on Pa Rt 655, 800 ft NE of barn N of hedge row, Map AQI-8V-40; Floyd Zook far, Airydale
  • 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: 40077-D7—Newton Hamilton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Craft, S. Ekart and E. Sautter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 28
  • 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 - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: 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

    DAGL

    LOUNU

    MESA

    SINAP

    THLAS

    TRPR2

    Dactylis glomerata

    Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus

    Medicago sativa

    Sinapis

    Thlaspi

    Trifolium pratense

    orchardgrass

    American bird's-foot trefoil

    alfalfa

    mustard

    pennycress

    red clover

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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

    7

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    308

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    135

    1000

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03025
    Bt1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior clay loam; moderate fine blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03026. continuous - phpvsfiid 533214; continuous - phpvsfiid 533214
    Bt2—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03027. continuous - phpvsfiid 533216; continuous - phpvsfiid 533216
    Bt3—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03028. continuous - phpvsfiid 533218; continuous - phpvsfiid 533218
    Bt4—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03029. patchy - phpvsfiid 533220; patchy - phpvsfiid 533220
    Bt5—132 to 170 centimeters (52.0 to 66.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior gravelly silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03030. patchy - phpvsfiid 533221; patchy - phpvsfiid 533221
    Bt6—170 to 196 centimeters (66.9 to 77.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03031. patchy - phpvsfiid 533222; patchy - phpvsfiid 533222
    2Bt7—196 to 221 centimeters (77.2 to 87.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03032. patchy - phpvsfiid 533223; patchy - phpvsfiid 533224; patchy - phpvsfiid 533223; patchy - phpvsfiid 533224
    2Bt8—221 to 254 centimeters (87.0 to 100.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03033. patchy - phpvsfiid 533226; patchy - phpvsfiid 533225; patchy - phpvsfiid 533226; patchy - phpvsfiid 533225
    2BC—254 to 279 centimeters (100.0 to 109.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03034