IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Murrill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990PA055023
  • User Pedon ID: 90PA055023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0319
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63366
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.8722229
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9227753
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.25 meters W of Pa75 and T405, 3 meters N of Mercersburg, Gringrich Farm
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA055—Franklin
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: wrk
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 23
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • 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 Position: middle third
  • 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
    • 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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) channery loam; moderate medium single grain; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    BE—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt2—61 to 99 centimeters (24.0 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) channery sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01925
    Bt3—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) channery sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01926
    2Bt1—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) channery sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01926
    2Bt2—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) channery clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P01927