IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Murrill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989PA027088
  • User Pedon ID: 1989PA027088
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 224
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 89PA027088
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44126
  • 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: 40.7127778
  • Std. Longitude: -78.9394444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Plant Pathology Farm Penn State University Rock Springs Expt. Station 4 miles SW of Pine Grove Mills on Pa 45, midway between last two moble roof research bldgs 30m SE of the valley end of bldings
  • 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: Ed Ciolkosz and Bob Dobos
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 88
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/20/1989 ()
  • 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

    2FORB

    ZEMA

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    Zea mays

    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    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

    1

    —

    —

    375

    —

    340

    1000

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    9.3

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01706
    Ap2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; silt loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU01707
    Bt1—23 to 40 centimeters (9.1 to 15.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01708. "Common worm burrows 0.75 cm diameter, coated with 7.5YR 4/4 humans."; continuous - phpvsfiid 532434; continuous - phpvsfiid 532434
    Bt2—40 to 55 centimeters (15.7 to 21.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01709. Common worm burrows 0.75 cm diameter coated with 7.5YR 4/4 humans.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532435; continuous - phpvsfiid 532435
    Bt3—55 to 78 centimeters (21.7 to 30.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 38 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01710. continuous - phpvsfiid 532436; continuous - phpvsfiid 532436
    Bt4—78 to 110 centimeters (30.7 to 43.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores and 70 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01711. continuous - phpvsfiid 532438; continuous - phpvsfiid 532438
    Bt5—110 to 143 centimeters (43.3 to 56.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silt loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU01712. continuous - phpvsfiid 532440; continuous - phpvsfiid 532440
    Bt6—143 to 178 centimeters (56.3 to 70.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01713. continuous - phpvsfiid 532441; continuous - phpvsfiid 532441
    Bt7—178 to 215 centimeters (70.1 to 84.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 14 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU01714. continuous - phpvsfiid 532442; continuous - phpvsfiid 532442
    BCt—215 to 304 centimeters (84.6 to 119.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and structureless thick platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU01715. Platiness in structure is inherited from the sedimentation process the deposit underwent. Moist consistence is close to firm and is also slightly brittle.; continuous - phpvsfiid 532444; continuous - phpvsfiid 532444