IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Murrill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990PA055020
  • User Pedon ID: 90PA055020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0316
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63363
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 39.7844429
  • Std. Longitude: -77.5400009
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: SE of Tomstown, 1000ft N of intersection of PA 2007 & T410, Waynesboro Quad.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA055—Franklin
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: NBE, WRK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 33 to 109 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain valleys or canyons
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1990 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    33—0

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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

    6

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    315

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); 20 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 80 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) gravelly loam; weak fine and medium crumb structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. common very fine and fine roots throughout
    BE—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); 40 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and 60 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) gravelly loam; moderate medium and coarse crumb structure; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. common very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bt1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 80 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very fine and fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; patchy - phpvsfiid 226494; patchy - phpvsfiid 226494
    Bt2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 80 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very fine and fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent fine and medium irregular ironstone nodules and 11 percent fine and medium spherical ironstone nodules; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P01914. common fine and medium ironstone nodules concentrations; common fine and medium ironstone nodules concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; patchy - phpvsfiid 226495; patchy - phpvsfiid 226495
    2Bt1—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 70 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent fine and medium irregular ironstone nodules and 11 percent fine and medium spherical ironstone nodules; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. common fine and medium ironstone nodules concentrations; common fine and medium ironstone nodules concentrations; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; continuous - phpvsfiid 226496; continuous - phpvsfiid 226496
    2Bt2—94 to 188 centimeters (37.0 to 74.0 inches); 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 90 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; weak medium and coarse cloddy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 55 percent prominent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent fine and medium irregular ironstone nodules and 11 percent fine and medium spherical ironstone nodules; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01915. common fine and medium ironstone nodules concentrations; common fine and medium ironstone nodules concentrations; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; continuous - phpvsfiid 226497; continuous - phpvsfiid 226497
    2Bt3—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); 40 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) and 60 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) clay loam; medium and coarse cloddy structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 55 percent prominent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent fine and medium irregular ironstone nodules and 11 percent fine and medium spherical ironstone nodules; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. common fine and medium ironstone nodules concentrations; common fine and medium ironstone nodules concentrations; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; continuous - phpvsfiid 226498; continuous - phpvsfiid 226498