IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Meckesville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1966PA107007
  • User Pedon ID: 1966PA107007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 695
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 66PA107007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44648
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.6286111
  • Std. Longitude: -76.5450000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 199 ft SE from the North side of the highway at the dirt road, 1.4 mi SW of PA 25 and T478 in Valley View.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA107—Schuylkill
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA107—Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40076-F5—Valley View, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, G. Latshaw, D. Beltz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Meckesville
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Meckesville
  • Classificaton Date - 6/4/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.21 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.21 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.21 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/4/1966 ()
  • 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

    KALA

    PIST

    QUAL

    QUPR2

    QUVE

    SAAL5

    Kalmia latifolia

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus alba

    Quercus prinus

    Quercus velutina

    Sassafras albidum

    mountain laurel

    eastern white pine

    white oak

    chestnut oak

    black oak

    sassafras

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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

    10

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    274

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    0

    1100

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    9.7

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05358
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (N 2/0) interior; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05359
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior very stony loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05360
    E—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak medium granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05361
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05362. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534690; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534690
    Bt2—41 to 63 centimeters (16.1 to 24.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05363. continuous - phpvsfiid 534691; continuous - phpvsfiid 534691
    Bt3—63 to 84 centimeters (24.8 to 33.1 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and clay films on surfaces along root channels; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05364. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534692; continuous - phpvsfiid 534693; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534692; continuous - phpvsfiid 534693
    Bx1—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior gravelly loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05365. continuous - phpvsfiid 534694; continuous - phpvsfiid 534694
    Bx2—112 to 145 centimeters (44.1 to 57.1 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior gravelly loam; weak blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium distinct pale red (2.5YR 6/2) and 1 percent medium distinct red (10R 4/6); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05366
    Bx3—145 to 183 centimeters (57.1 to 72.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior gravelly loam; moderate medium blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; clay films on surfaces along root channels and clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct pale red (10R 6/2) and 1 percent medium distinct red (2.5YR 5/6); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05367. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534698; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534698
    C—183 to 249 centimeters (72.0 to 98.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior gravelly loam; weak coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on surfaces along root channels; 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05368