IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Duffield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972PA027043
  • User Pedon ID: 1972PA027043
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 189
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 72PA027043
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43535
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.7200000
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9405556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: NW corner of PSU Rock Springs Agronomy farm, 30 ft NE of Bell telephone pole
  • 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,W.Braker,R.Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 43
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Duffield
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.58 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.83 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.83 in/hr of percolation rate and 2.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 4.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 5.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 8.08 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: 5/16/1972 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    2GA

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    Grass, annual

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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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    —

    371

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    270

    1000

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    —

    —

    —

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    9.3

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    Ap—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01361
    BA—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds and faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01362. continuous - phpvsfiid 532218; continuous - phpvsfiid 532219; continuous - phpvsfiid 532218; continuous - phpvsfiid 532219
    Bt1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 7 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01363
    Bt2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 7 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01364. continuous - phpvsfiid 532222; continuous - phpvsfiid 532223; continuous - phpvsfiid 532222; continuous - phpvsfiid 532223
    Bt3—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 7 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01365. continuous - phpvsfiid 532225; continuous - phpvsfiid 532226; continuous - phpvsfiid 532225; continuous - phpvsfiid 532226
    BC—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 7 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01366. continuous - phpvsfiid 532228; continuous - phpvsfiid 532229; continuous - phpvsfiid 532228; continuous - phpvsfiid 532229
    C1—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 7 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01367. Colors are varigated.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532230; continuous - phpvsfiid 532230
    C2—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 7 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01368. Colors are varigated.
    C3—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 7 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01369. Colors are varigated.