IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Murrill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999PA027095
  • User Pedon ID: 99PA027095
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999PA027095
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0505
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11364
  • 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: 40.7166672
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9333344
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Penn State Rock Springs Agronomy Farm. 25 Meters west of the ASOS System and online with it. Then 4.5 meters north of the NRCS Scan Site.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA027—Centre
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA027—Centre County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-F8—Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ed Ciolkosz, Tima Craul, Patrick Drohan, Ron Paetzold
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 95
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Murrill
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1999 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FEAR3

    PHLEU

    TRIFO

    Festuca arundinacea

    Phleum

    Trifolium

    —

    timothy

    clover

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    36—132

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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

    2

    122

    61

    272

    —

    180

    —

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    2036

    Rock Springs Pa

    SCAN
    Ap1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03382
    Ap2—9 to 24 centimeters (3.5 to 9.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03383
    Ap3—24 to 36 centimeters (9.4 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03384
    E—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03385
    Bt1—46 to 77 centimeters (18.1 to 30.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03386
    Bt2—77 to 105 centimeters (30.3 to 41.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 8 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03387
    2Bt3—105 to 132 centimeters (41.3 to 52.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03388. 70% continuous clay bridging between sand grains.
    2BC—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky parts to massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03389. 70% continuous clay bridging between sand grains.
    3BCb—160 to 197 centimeters (63.0 to 77.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to massive; very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03390. 5% coarse Mn Concretions of 10YR 3/4.
    3Cb—197 to 220 centimeters (77.6 to 86.6 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay; massive; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03391
    R—220 to 235 centimeters (86.6 to 92.5 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); fragments. Shale; Limestone.