IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Duncannon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA081020
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA081020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 533
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA081020
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44469
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 41.1902778
  • Std. Longitude: -77.2688889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: S of Jersey Shore on Corl Schaffer's farm about 300 yds. W of barn under dead cherry tree.
  • 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: 41077-B3—Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. J. Ciolkosz, G. J. Latshaw, Gary Martin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 20
  • 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 - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.09 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.09 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.11 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.11 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.11 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.14 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.14 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.14 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: 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 - 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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

    3

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    189

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    135

    1000

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04151
    BA—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak coarse blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04152
    Bt—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium and coarse blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04153
    2Btb1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04154. continuous - phpvsfiid 533894; continuous - phpvsfiid 533895; continuous - phpvsfiid 533894; continuous - phpvsfiid 533895
    2Btb2—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04155. continuous - phpvsfiid 533896; continuous - phpvsfiid 533897; continuous - phpvsfiid 533896; continuous - phpvsfiid 533897
    2Btb3—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay; moderate fine and medium blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04156. continuous - phpvsfiid 533898; continuous - phpvsfiid 533898
    2C1—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04157
    3C2—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand; weak fine platy, and structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04158
    3C3—165 to 196 centimeters (65.0 to 77.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04159
    3C4—196 to 229 centimeters (77.2 to 90.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04160. Banded with very thin bands of yellowish brown (10YR 5/6).
    3C5—229 to 254 centimeters (90.2 to 100.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy fine sand; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04161. Banded with yellowish brown (10YR 5/6).