IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Duncannon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA081018
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA081018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 531
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA081018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44467
  • 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: 41.1952778
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8305556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 7 mi N of Montgomery on Rt. 405, .5 mi W on unimproved Rd. .3 mi S on Grand View Dr. 270' N of Grand View Dr.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA081—Lycoming
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA081—Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41076-B7—Muncy, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: I. W Ratcliff, P. H. Parrish, R. L. Cunningham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Duncannon
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Duncannon
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/18/1974 ()
  • 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

    DAGL

    Dactylis glomerata

    orchardgrass

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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

    0

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    166

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    0

    1000

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    9.8

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04131
    BA—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04132. continuous - phpvsfiid 533876; continuous - phpvsfiid 533876
    Bt1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04133. patchy - phpvsfiid 533877; patchy - phpvsfiid 533877
    Bt2—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; vesicular pores; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04134. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533878; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533878
    Bw—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior very fine sandy loam; moderate medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; vesicular pores; 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 11 percent coarse distinct pinkish gray (5YR 6/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04135. Light grayish brown (7.5YR 6/2) coatings of faces with few black Mn and Fe coats. Cleaned and grains on clay films.
    Bx1—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; vesicular pores; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04136. Common black iron and manganese coatings on prisms;.
    Bx2—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04137. Abundant Fe and Mn coatings.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533881; patchy - phpvsfiid 533881
    2Btb1—140 to 170 centimeters (55.1 to 66.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior gravelly silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine platy structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04138. 5-10% coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533882; continuous - phpvsfiid 533882
    3Btb2—170 to 206 centimeters (66.9 to 81.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04139. Common Fe and Mn coats.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533883; patchy - phpvsfiid 533883
    3Btb3—206 to 229 centimeters (81.1 to 90.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 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; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04140. Few Fe and Mn coats. 0-5% coarse fragments.
    3Btb4—229 to 267 centimeters (90.2 to 105.1 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04141. Few Fe and Mn coats. 0-10% coarse fragments.
    3Btb5—267 to 282 centimeters (105.1 to 111.0 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine prismatic structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04142. 0-10% coarse fragments.