IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Duncannon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA081022
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA081022
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 535
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA081022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44471
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 41.1952778
  • Std. Longitude: -77.2677778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: S of Jersey Shore, inside Jersey Shore Water Co. Reservior fence just S of Jersey Shore cemetary.
  • 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. Ciolksoz, G. J. Latshaw, Gary Martin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Duncannon
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Duncannon
  • 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

    2FORB

    POPR

    TRIFO

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    Poa pratensis

    Trifolium

    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    Kentucky bluegrass

    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

    2

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    201

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    135

    1000

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    9.6

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; moderate coarse granular, and moderate coarse platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04172
    E—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak coarse blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04173
    Bt1—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak medium and coarse blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04174. patchy - phpvsfiid 533911; patchy - phpvsfiid 533911
    Bt2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; weak medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04175. continuous - phpvsfiid 533913; continuous - phpvsfiid 533913
    2Btb1—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior gravelly silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04176. continuous - phpvsfiid 533914; continuous - phpvsfiid 533914
    2Btb2—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior gravelly silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04177. continuous - phpvsfiid 533915; continuous - phpvsfiid 533915
    3Btb3—117 to 163 centimeters (46.1 to 64.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04178. patchy - phpvsfiid 533917; patchy - phpvsfiid 533917
    3Btb4—163 to 201 centimeters (64.2 to 79.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04179
    3Btb5—201 to 257 centimeters (79.1 to 101.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent medium distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04180
    4Btb6—257 to 274 centimeters (101.2 to 107.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior very gravelly loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films on rock fragments and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04181