IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Murrill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990PA055021
  • User Pedon ID: 90PA055021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0317
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63364
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 39.8533325
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9277802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .5 meters E of intersection of 0016 and T405; 300 feet N of T404: .5 meters E of Cove Gap., Mercersburg Quad.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA055—Franklin
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: wrk, nbe
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 38 to 114 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    3—30

    38—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

    5

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    207

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) cobbly loam; moderate fine and medium crumb structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01916. many very fine and fine roots throughout
    BE—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); 10 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) and 90 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) cobbly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01917. many very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bt1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); 25 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and 75 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) cobbly loam; moderate and strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very fine and fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01917. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 226499; continuous - phpvsfiid 226499
    Bt2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) very cobbly silt loam; 11 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very fine and fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine and medium distinct 7.5YR64 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 226500; continuous - phpvsfiid 226500
    Bt3—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very cobbly clay loam; 11 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) mottles; moderate and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; very fine and fine roots throughout; 15 percent prominent 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, black stains on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct , moist, clay films; 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01918. few black stains surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features; common fine and medium distinct 7.5YR64 mottles; common 7.5YR74 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 226501; continuous - phpvsfiid 226502; patchy - phpvsfiid 226501; continuous - phpvsfiid 226502
    Bt4—107 to 193 centimeters (42.1 to 76.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) very cobbly loam; 11 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fine and fine roots throughout; 15 percent prominent 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, black stains on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films; 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. few black stains surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features; common fine and medium distinct 7.5YR64 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 226503; continuous - phpvsfiid 226504; patchy - phpvsfiid 226503; continuous - phpvsfiid 226504
    2Bt—193 to 229 centimeters (76.0 to 90.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) cobbly silt loam; moderate and strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent prominent 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, black stains on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct , moist, clay films; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P01919. few black stains surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features; patchy - phpvsfiid 226505; continuous - phpvsfiid 226506; patchy - phpvsfiid 226505; continuous - phpvsfiid 226506