IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Murrill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972PA027042
  • User Pedon ID: 1972PA027042
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 72PA027042
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43534
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.7169444
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9272222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 200 ft S of Rt 45 and 300 ft W of farm bdry, in Dr. Hartwig's plots, on Penn St U Rock Springs Ag Farm.
  • 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-F8—Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.Ciolkosz,G.Grice,E.Jensen,R.Matelski,S.Ekart
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 42
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/15/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.66 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.88 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.88 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.55 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.77 in/hr of percolation rate and 5.7 in/hr of percolation rate and 6.66 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: 5/15/1972 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop trees
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    1

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    374

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    315

    1000

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01348. Less than 5% coarse fragments up to 0.75 inches.
    Bt1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01349. Less than 5% coarse fragments up to 0.75 inches.
    Bt2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01350. Less than 5% coarse fragments up to 0.75 inches.
    Bt3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01351. Less than 5% coarse fragments up to 0.75 inches.
    Bt4—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01352. Less than 5% pebbles.
    Bt5—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; weak coarse blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01353. Less than 5% pebbles.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532202; continuous - phpvsfiid 532202
    Bt6—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains 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 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01354. Less than 5% pebbles; very strongly acid.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532205; continuous - phpvsfiid 532205
    2Bt7—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01355. continuous - phpvsfiid 532208; continuous - phpvsfiid 532208
    2Bt8—168 to 190 centimeters (66.1 to 74.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly clay loam; structureless coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01356. continuous - phpvsfiid 532211; continuous - phpvsfiid 532211
    2Bt9—190 to 216 centimeters (74.8 to 85.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01357. continuous - phpvsfiid 532213; continuous - phpvsfiid 532213
    2BCt1—216 to 226 centimeters (85.0 to 89.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01358. continuous - phpvsfiid 532215; continuous - phpvsfiid 532215
    3BCt2—226 to 251 centimeters (89.0 to 98.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01359. continuous - phpvsfiid 532217; continuous - phpvsfiid 532217
    4R—251 to 270 centimeters (98.8 to 106.3 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU01360