IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morris
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 742
  • User Pedon ID: 1988PA113006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 742
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88PA113006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45251
  • 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: 41.3586111
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3619444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: ASPECT = 220 DEGREES
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA113—Sullivan
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Knight, M. Cessna, N. Ellenberger, R. Schweinsberg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiaquepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morris
  • PSC - 25 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: undulating
  • Slope Shape Down: undulating
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/7/1988 ()
  • 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

    FAGR

    PRSE2

    TSCA

    Acer rubrum

    Betula

    Fagus grandifolia

    Prunus serotina

    Tsuga canadensis

    red maple

    birch

    American beech

    black cherry

    eastern hemlock

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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—14

    14—38

    38—124

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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

    1

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    720

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    225

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    Oe—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) interior; weak very fine and fine crumb structure; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.8 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU07493; moist when described;
    AE—8 to 22 centimeters (3.1 to 8.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior silt loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine crumb structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.8 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 60 percent medium and coarse faint reddish gray (5YR 5/2); 5 percent by volume subrounded ? to 76-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded ? to 163-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07494; moist when described;
    Bw—22 to 46 centimeters (8.7 to 18.1 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) interior channery loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine faint pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) and 11 percent medium prominent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8); 5 percent by volume subrounded ? to 163-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 76-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07495; moist when described;
    Bx1—46 to 78 centimeters (18.1 to 30.7 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) interior channery loam; 18 percent clay; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderately slow permeability; 1 percent fine faint pale red (2.5YR 6/2) and 11 percent medium distinct red (2.5YR 5/6); 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 163-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded ? to 76-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07496; wet, satiated when described;
    Bx2—78 to 132 centimeters (30.7 to 52.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior very channery loam; 15 percent clay; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; slow permeability; 1 percent fine faint weak red (2.5YR 5/2) and 11 percent fine distinct weak red (2.5YR 4/2); 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 163-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments and 30 percent by volume subrounded ? to 76-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07497; wet, satiated when described;
    C—132 to 158 centimeters (52.0 to 62.2 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior very channery loam; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1 percent fine faint weak red (2.5YR 5/2); 20 percent by volume subrounded ? to 163-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments and 30 percent by volume subrounded ? to 76-? millimeter interbedded sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # PSU07498; wet, satiated when described;