IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016PA085005
  • User Pedon ID: S2016PA085005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N2064
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87541
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 41.4587778
  • Std. Longitude: -80.4532500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 3.00
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA085—Mercer
  • MLRA: 139—Lake Erie Glaciated Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-BEL—Belmont, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alex Dado
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Aeric Epiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mill
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Aeric Epiaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/2016
  • Classifier - Sara Saunders
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Lavery Till
  • Landform: plain on till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/19/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Alex Dado, Aron Sattler, MaryEllen Cook
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed silt loam; 10 percent sand; 15 percent clay; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) very fine roots throughout and many (5.0) medium roots throughout and many (5.0) fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-30-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; none odor; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N09425; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BE—6 to 18 centimeters (2.4 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face silt loam; 12 percent sand; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) medium roots throughout and many (5.0) fine roots throughout and many (5.0) coarse roots throughout; 2 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, in matrix and 3 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, in matrix and 5 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, in matrix and 5 percent medium faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-30-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; none odor; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N09426; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BEg—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face silt loam; 15 percent sand; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout and common (3.0) coarse roots throughout; 4 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, in matrix and 4 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese masses in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-30-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; none odor; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N09427; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg—36 to 63 centimeters (14.2 to 24.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face silt loam; 15 percent sand; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout and common (3.0) coarse roots throughout; 5 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 20 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, in matrix and 20 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-30-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; none odor; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N09428; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btx1—63 to 105 centimeters (24.8 to 41.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face silt loam; 20 percent sand; 25 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; few (0.5) medium roots throughout and few (0.5) fine roots throughout and few (0.5) coarse roots throughout; 25 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct weakly coherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, in matrix surrounding redox depletions and 5 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, in matrix surrounding redox depletions and 12 percent coarse distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, in matrix and 13 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, in matrix; 5 percent by volume flat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; none odor; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N09429; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btx2—105 to 150 centimeters (41.3 to 59.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face clay loam; 25 percent sand; 28 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; few (0.5) medium roots throughout and few (0.5) fine roots throughout and few (0.5) coarse roots throughout; 25 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese masses in matrix and 12 percent coarse distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 13 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 15 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix surrounding redox depletions; 10 percent by volume flat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; none odor; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 16N09430; moist when described; observed in pit, small