IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Murrill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989PA055016
  • User Pedon ID: 89PA055016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0282
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62215
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Letterkenny Depot—1mi S of upper Strasburg
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA055—Franklin

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, siliceous Typic Haplaquods
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, siliceous Typic Haplaquods
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium crumb structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 55 percent faint , moist, clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. many clay films surface features
    Bt2—36 to 122 centimeters (14.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; 7.5YR 3/0 (7.5YR 3/0) mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. many clay films surface features
    Bt3—122 to 193 centimeters (48.0 to 76.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P01761. many clay films surface features