IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Duncannon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA081019
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA081019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 532
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA081019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44468
  • 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: 41.1986111
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8394444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 7 mi NE of Montgomery near Turkey Run about 1 mi N of Green Meadows housing development.
  • 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: E. Ciolkosz, G. Latshaw, and G. Martin.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Duncannon
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Duncannon
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.11 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.12 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.14 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.19 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.19 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.2 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.22 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 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: 6/19/1974 ()
  • 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

    2GA

    MESA

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    Medicago sativa

    Grass, annual

    alfalfa

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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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    —

    183

    —

    135

    1000

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    —

    —

    —

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04143
    Bt1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium and coarse blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04144
    Bt2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04145. patchy - phpvsfiid 533886; patchy - phpvsfiid 533886
    2Bt3—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) exterior gravelly loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 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; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04146
    3Btb1—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04147
    3Btb2—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04148
    3Btb3—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04149
    4Btb4—152 to 190 centimeters (59.8 to 74.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior very gravelly loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04150