IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morris
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 746
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA115003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 746
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA115003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45255
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 41.6988889
  • Std. Longitude: -75.8277778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 35' N of the fence, 65' E of a cherry tree 350' W of the center of the W end of the pond 1.5 mi N of pond.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA115—Susquehanna
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41075-F7—Hop Bottom, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, D. Pease, W. Steputis, R. Matelski, C. Engle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Aeric Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morris
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morris
  • Classificaton Date - 6/24/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/24/1958 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AGAL3

    CAREX

    HIERA

    POPR

    RANUN

    Agrostis alba

    Carex

    Hieracium

    Poa pratensis

    Ranunculus

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    sedge

    hawkweed

    Kentucky bluegrass

    buttercup

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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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    390

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    90

    1000

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    8.6

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) interior channery silt loam; very strong fine granular structure; friable, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05621. Containing small concretions of yellowish red (5YR 4/8 to 5/8).
    E—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior channery silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2); 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05622
    BA—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior channery loam; weak medium blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable; 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05623; wet, satiated when described;
    Bx1—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior channery loam; weak medium blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2); 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05624; wet, satiated when described;
    Bx2—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior channery loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; friable; brittle; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2); 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05625; wet, satiated when described;
    Bx3—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior channery loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm; brittle; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/2); 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU05626; wet, satiated when described;
    Bx4—79 to 117 centimeters (31.1 to 46.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior channery loam; weak medium platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 1 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 1 percent medium faint brown (7.5YR 5/2); 35 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05627; wet, satiated when described;. "Prism faces decreasing in distinctness downward, some clay coats in pores."