IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morrison
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988PA099033
  • User Pedon ID: 1988PA099033
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88PA099033
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44611
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.6152778
  • Std. Longitude: -76.9994444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: MILLERSBURG PA QUADRANGLE 12,600 FT W OF THE JUNCTION OF RT 11, 15 AND RT 1 04 3,900 FT N OF BARNERS CHURCH 450 FT W OF THE ROAD ASPECT = 180 DEGREES S
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA099—Perry
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA099—Perry County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-E8—Millersburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Anderson, T. Craul, M. Horkey, A. Wilkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 33
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morrison
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: with 10 to <45
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/16/1988 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—83

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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

    15

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    268

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior channery silt loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine high-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 35 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU07292; moist when described;
    Bt1—23 to 39 centimeters (9.1 to 15.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior very channery loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 38 percent faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films on surfaces along pores; 35 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU07293; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534568; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534568
    Bt2—39 to 58 centimeters (15.4 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very channery loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 38 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent distinct black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 45 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU07294; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 534570; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534569; patchy - phpvsfiid 534570; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534569
    Bt3—58 to 83 centimeters (22.8 to 32.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior extremely channery loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.1 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 38 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent distinct black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 65 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07295; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534571; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534572; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534571; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534572
    BC—83 to 105 centimeters (32.7 to 41.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior extremely channery loam; 23 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.1 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 38 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films throughout and 38 percent distinct black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 65 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07296; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534574; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534573; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534574; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534573
    C1—105 to 134 centimeters (41.3 to 52.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior extremely channery sandy loam; 18 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 0.1 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 38 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay films throughout; 85 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07297; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534575; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534575
    C2—134 to 153 centimeters (52.8 to 60.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior extremely channery sandy loam; 18 percent clay; structureless massive; very firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 0.1 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 38 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films throughout and 38 percent distinct black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 95 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07298; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534576; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534577; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534576; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534577
    C3—153 to 181 centimeters (60.2 to 71.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior extremely channery sandy loam; 15 percent clay; structureless massive; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 38 percent distinct black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay bridges between sand grains; 95 percent by volume angular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU07299; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534578; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534579; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534578; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534579
    R—181 to 191 centimeters (71.3 to 75.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU07300