IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Duncannon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974PA081023
  • User Pedon ID: 1974PA081023
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 536
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74PA081023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44472
  • 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: 41.2008333
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8394444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 7 mi NE of Montgomery near Turkey Run, 100 yds N of W entrance of State Correctional Institute in woods.
  • 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: 41076-B7—Muncy, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. J. Ciolkosz, G. J. Latshaw, Gary Martin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 23
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Duncannon
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Duncannon
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/1974 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    ACRU

    BETUL

    CARYA

    PIST

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Betula

    Carya

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    birch

    hybrid hickory

    eastern white pine

    northern red oak

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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

    4

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    186

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    45

    1000

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    9.7

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # PSU04182
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (N 2/0) interior; fragments. Lab sample # PSU04183. Decomposed leaf litter black (2/0).
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04184
    E—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04185
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium and coarse blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04186. patchy - phpvsfiid 533923; patchy - phpvsfiid 533923
    Bt2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04187. Reddish brown (5YR 4/4) coatings.; patchy - phpvsfiid 533925; patchy - phpvsfiid 533925
    Bt3—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04188. patchy - phpvsfiid 533927; patchy - phpvsfiid 533927
    Bt4—74 to 96 centimeters (29.1 to 37.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04189
    2Btb1—96 to 128 centimeters (37.8 to 50.4 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior gravelly silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04190
    2Btb2—128 to 165 centimeters (50.4 to 65.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) exterior gravelly silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04191. Yellowish red ped coatings (5YR 5/6).
    2Btb3—165 to 183 centimeters (65.0 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) exterior gravelly silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04192. Yellowish red (5YR 5/6) ped coatings.
    2Btb4—183 to 234 centimeters (72.0 to 92.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior gravelly silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU04193