IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Murrill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977PA027045
  • User Pedon ID: 1977PA027045
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 191
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 77PA027045
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43538
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.7161111
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9275000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Penn State Rock Springs Agro. Farm, 2.5 mi SW of Pine Grove Mills, 400 ft SE into field
  • 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: R. Pennock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 45
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 4/18/1977 ()
  • 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

    COVA2

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    Coronilla varia

    Grass, annual

    crownvetch

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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

    4

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    408

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    315

    1000

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    9.1

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01380
    Bt1—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01381. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532248; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532248
    Bt2—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 70 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01382. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532249; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532249
    Bt3—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent faint coats on rock fragments; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01383. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532251; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532251
    Bt4—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01384. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532253; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532253
    Bt5—122 to 132 centimeters (48.0 to 52.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01385. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532254; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 532254
    2Btb—132 to 142 centimeters (52.0 to 55.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 60 percent medium distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 60 percent medium distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01386. continuous - phpvsfiid 532255; continuous - phpvsfiid 532255
    2Cb—142 to 150 centimeters (55.9 to 59.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silt loam; structureless massive; very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01387
    2R—150 to 165 centimeters (59.1 to 65.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU01388