IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956PA049012
  • User Pedon ID: 56PA049012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956PA049012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0354
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32882
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.9036102
  • Std. Longitude: -80.3050003
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Cranesville township; Erie County Pennsylvania, 2 miles east of Cranesville; 70 feet south of Cranesville Franklin Centre Road; 40 feet east of power pole that is the second pole from west edge of field.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA049—Erie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA049—Erie County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.J. Pedersen, F.G. Loughry, L.T. Kardos, D.C. Taylor, and party.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Fragiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mill
  • PSC - 25 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dalton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    AMBRO

    TRPR2

    Ambrosia

    Trifolium pratense

    ragweed

    red clover

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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

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02616
    Eg—18 to 20 centimeters (7.1 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02617
    Bw—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent iron concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02618
    Bx1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; weak coarse platy structure; very firm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, coats and 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/), moist,; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02619
    Bx2—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loam; firm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, coats and 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/), moist,; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02620. Coatings of silty clay loam and streaks of gray; polygons with streaks or thick coatings; loam interior of polygons sampled.