IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 312
  • User Pedon ID: 1965PA039011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 65PA039011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44224
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 41.8297222
  • Std. Longitude: -80.4919444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.13 mi E of T779 and T308 opposite the farmhouse, 1 mi W of Beave Center, Beaver Twp.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA039—Crawford
  • MLRA: 139—Lake Erie Glaciated Plateau
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41080-G4—Beaver Center, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Noll, M. Yoworski, D. Rector, R. Matelski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Aeric Epiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mill
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/2013
  • Classifier - Alex Dado
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Platea
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/23/1965 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    326

    —

    315

    950

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    8.9

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 3 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU02335
    BA—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 11 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02336
    Bwg—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent clay films; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02337. Light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) prism faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532844; patchy - phpvsfiid 532844
    Bgx1—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 38 percent black (N 2/0) coats and 38 percent prominent clay films; 11 percent medium distinct weak red (2.5YR 5/2) and 60 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02338. Light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) prims faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532846; patchy - phpvsfiid 532846
    2Bgx2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent black (N 2/0) coats and 38 percent prominent clay films; 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02339. Gray (2.5Y 6/2) prism faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532848; patchy - phpvsfiid 532849; patchy - phpvsfiid 532848; patchy - phpvsfiid 532849
    2Bgx3—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 38 percent black (N 2/0) coats and 38 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02340. Gray (10YR 1/6) prism faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532851; patchy - phpvsfiid 532852; patchy - phpvsfiid 532851; patchy - phpvsfiid 532852
    2Bgx4—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) broken face silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 14 percent black (N 2/0) coats and 38 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent medium faint gray (2.5Y 5/1); 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02341. Gray (10YR 6/1) prism faces; few roots to 48 inches.; patchy - phpvsfiid 532854; patchy - phpvsfiid 532855; patchy - phpvsfiid 532854; patchy - phpvsfiid 532855
    2Bx—135 to 163 centimeters (53.1 to 64.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy, and moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films; 1 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02342. patchy - phpvsfiid 532856; patchy - phpvsfiid 532856