IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MORRISON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: Woomer Farm
  • User Pedon ID: S2004PA027007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0351
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17680
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.6420937
  • Std. Longitude: -77.6109695
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: HENRY LINN PSU/NRCS SOIL INFILTRATION STUDY, NOVEMBER 2004. WOOMER FARM. MORRISON CROPLAND
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA027—Centre
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-H5—Madisonburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ECKENRODE, PLOWDEN, HUDAK
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MORRISON
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from limestone and sandstone
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: limestone and sandstone
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 27 centimeters (0.0 to 10.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 medium roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular ? to 10-? millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments; 7 percent by weight of rock fragments; none odor; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01996; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bw1—27 to 48 centimeters (10.6 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) broken face sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 0.9 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular ? to 10-? millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments; 8 percent by weight of rock fragments; none odor; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01997; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bw2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 0.9 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent coarse prominent irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular ? to 10-? millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments; 6 percent by weight of rock fragments; none odor; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01998; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—66 to 93 centimeters (26.0 to 36.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) broken face gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 30 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 15 percent very coarse prominent irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 18 percent by volume nonflat subangular ? to 10-? millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments; 27 percent by weight of rock fragments; none odor; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01999; moist when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 277975; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 277975
    Bt2—93 to 120 centimeters (36.6 to 47.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 50 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent very coarse prominent irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular ? to 10-? millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments; 16 percent by weight of rock fragments; none odor; strongly acid, pH 5.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02000; moist when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 277976; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 277976
    Bt3—120 to 143 centimeters (47.2 to 56.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent very coarse prominent irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 9 percent by volume nonflat subangular ? to 10-? millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments; 13 percent by weight of rock fragments; none odor; strongly acid, pH 5.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 05N02001; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 277977; continuous - phpvsfiid 277977