IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morris
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 455
  • User Pedon ID: 1966PA069001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 455
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 66PA069001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44382
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 41.4919444
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6913889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 100 ft N of the dead end in the housing development, 0.75 mi along Glenburn Rd from Albington Rd, Clarks Grn
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA069—Lackawanna
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41075-D6—Scranton, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Sautter, S. Browning
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Aeric Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morris
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morris
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.05 in/hr of percolation rate


    • 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: 6/18/1966 ()
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    LOLIU

    PHLEU

    TRPR2

    Lolium

    Phleum

    Trifolium pratense

    ryegrass

    timothy

    red clover

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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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    0

    1000

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    8.8

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior channery silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 15 percent by volume ? to 76-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03413. 15% fragments to 6 inches (flat).
    E—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior channery silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium and coarse platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2); 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03414. 15% fragments to 2 inches (flat).
    Bx1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and pale red (2.5YR 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; moderate medium and coarse blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03415. Coarse prism faces of pale red (2.5YR 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15% fragments of gravels and channers to 2 inches; few black coats on plates.
    Bx2—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and pale red (2.5YR 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; moderate medium and coarse blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03416. Coarse prism faces of red (2.5Y 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15% fragments of gravel and channers to 2 inches; few black coats on plates.
    Bx3—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and pale red (2.5YR 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03417. Coarse prism faces of pale red (2.5YR 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15% fragments of gravel and channers to 2 inches; few black coats on plates.
    Bx4—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and pale red (2.5YR 6/2) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium and coarse blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03418. Coarse prism faces of pale red (2.5YR 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15% fragments of gravel and channers to 2 inches; many black coats on plates.
    Bx5—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate medium and coarse blocky, and moderate coarse platy structure; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 11 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03419; wet, satiated when described;. 15% fragments of gravel and channers to 2 inches; many black coats on plates.
    Bx6—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 11 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03420; wet, satiated when described;. 15% fragments of gravel and channers to 2 inches; some black coats on plates.
    Bx7—165 to 183 centimeters (65.0 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 11 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03421; wet, satiated when described;. 15% fragments of gravel and channers to 2 inches.