IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Duncannon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA081021
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA081021
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 534
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA081021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44470
  • 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: 41.1922222
  • Std. Longitude: -77.2691667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: S of Jersey Shore in Corl Schaffer's farm about 200 yds. N of barn along fence row.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA081—Lycoming
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA081—Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41077-B3—Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. J. Ciolkosz, G. J. Latshaw, Gary Martin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Duncannon
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Allenwood
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/18/1974 ()
  • 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

    BROMU

    PRSE2

    Bromus

    Prunus serotina

    brome

    black cherry

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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

    6

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    198

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    135

    1000

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    9.6

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04162
    E—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04163
    BE—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04164
    Bt—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) exterior gravelly silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04165
    2Btb1—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) exterior gravelly silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 2 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04166. patchy - phpvsfiid 533903; patchy - phpvsfiid 533903
    2Btb2—79 to 124 centimeters (31.1 to 48.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) exterior gravelly silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04167. patchy - phpvsfiid 533905; patchy - phpvsfiid 533905
    2Btb3—124 to 147 centimeters (48.8 to 57.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine and medium iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04168. patchy - phpvsfiid 533907; patchy - phpvsfiid 533907
    2Btb4—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04169
    3BCb—183 to 229 centimeters (72.0 to 90.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium and coarse iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04170. patchy - phpvsfiid 533909; patchy - phpvsfiid 533909
    4C—229 to 254 centimeters (90.2 to 100.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly silty clay loam; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent medium and coarse iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04171