IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Meckesville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1966PA107008
  • User Pedon ID: 1966PA107008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 696
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 66PA107008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44649
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.6447222
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4452778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 166 ft SW from the edge of the woods at the raod, 0.8 mi S of PA 25 on route 53030 in Fountain.
  • 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-F4—Tremont, 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 #: 8
  • 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: 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.58 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.58 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.17 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

    Kalmia latifolia

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus alba

    Quercus prinus

    mountain laurel

    eastern white pine

    white oak

    chestnut 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

    14

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    283

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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); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05369
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05370
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior very stony silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05371
    E—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 50 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05372
    Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05373. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534700; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 534700
    Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05374. continuous - phpvsfiid 534701; continuous - phpvsfiid 534701
    Bt3—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05375. continuous - phpvsfiid 534702; continuous - phpvsfiid 534702
    Bx1—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; weak medium blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; faint clay films and prominent clay films; 1 percent fine distinct reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and 1 percent fine distinct pinkish gray (5YR 7/2); 40 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05376
    Bx2—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 70 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent fine distinct reddish yellow (5YR 6/6); 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05377. continuous - phpvsfiid 534705; continuous - phpvsfiid 534705
    Bx3—137 to 160 centimeters (53.9 to 63.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; weak coarse platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct reddish yellow (5YR 6/8); 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05378
    Bx4—160 to 195 centimeters (63.0 to 76.8 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior very gravelly clay loam; weak coarse blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 70 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct red (2.5YR 5/8) and 1 percent fine distinct weak red (10R 5/3); 60 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05379