IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morris
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 841
  • User Pedon ID: 1985PA127003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 841
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 85PA127003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45361
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 41.9069444
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4061111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1B3-053-1-I25-085 PIKE COUNTY SCOTT TOWNSHIP STARRUCCA QUADRANGLE AT THE COORDINATES LISTED ABOVE. SITE ONE SATISFACTORY AND SAMPLED BY CREW. DESCRIBED BY STATE OFFICE AND QC.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA127—Wayne
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41075-H4—Starrucca, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Churchill, J. Hallowich, J. Hudak, C. Kohler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Aeric Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morris
  • PSC - 25 to 47 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 32.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1985 ()
  • 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

    FRAM2

    POTR5

    Acer rubrum

    Fraxinus americana

    Populus tremuloides

    red maple

    white ash

    quaking aspen

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    fragipan

    0—4

    23—47

    47—77

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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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    570

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    225

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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07554; moist when described;
    BA—4 to 23 centimeters (1.6 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) crushed channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07555; moist when described;
    Bw1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) crushed channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 5/2) and 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07556; moist when described;
    Bw2—33 to 47 centimeters (13.0 to 18.5 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) crushed channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 11 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/2) and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07557; moist when described;
    Bx1—47 to 77 centimeters (18.5 to 30.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) channery loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 60 percent coarse prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07558; wet, satiated when described;
    Bx2—77 to 153 centimeters (30.3 to 60.2 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) channery loam; moderate coarse platy, and strong coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 60 percent coarse prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 60 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 39-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # PSU07559; wet, satiated when described;