IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Mertz
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1970PA067010
User Pedon ID:
1970PA067010
Vegetation Plot ID:
451
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
70PA067010
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
44378
Print Date:
12/4/2024
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:
40.6813889
Std. Longitude:
-77.1413889
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
1.5 mi W of Richfield on Rt 35 to old church and cemetary; 0.1 mi toward Richfield and 930 ft down slope.
State:
Pennsylvania
County:
PA067—Juniata
MLRA:
147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
PA605—Juniata and Mifflin Counties, Pennsylvania
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
40077-F2—Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania
PEDON
Describers Name:
S. Ekart and G. Latshaw
Current Taxonomic Class:
Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Hapludults
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PSU
Pedon #:
10
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Mertz
Classificaton Date -
5/7/2012
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Landisburg
Classificaton Date -
6/11/1970
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Field Measured Properties:
0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.19 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.21 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.29 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate
SITE
Landscape:
mountain system
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
very low
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/11/1970 ()
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
row crop
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
DAGL
TRPR2
Dactylis glomerata
Trifolium pratense
orchardgrass
red clover
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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
4
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213
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0
1000
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9.7
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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 8 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03381
Bt1—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03382
Bt2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 1 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03383. patchy - phpvsfiid 533472; patchy - phpvsfiid 533471; patchy - phpvsfiid 533472; patchy - phpvsfiid 533471
2Bt3—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak coarse blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent distinct black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03384. Fe-Mn coatings also on coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533473; continuous - phpvsfiid 533474; continuous - phpvsfiid 533473; continuous - phpvsfiid 533474
2Bt4—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.3 roots; 38 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments and 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03385. patchy - phpvsfiid 533476; patchy - phpvsfiid 533477; patchy - phpvsfiid 533476; patchy - phpvsfiid 533477
2Bt5—114 to 124 centimeters (44.9 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 roots; distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent distinct black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments; 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03386
2Bt6—124 to 165 centimeters (48.8 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 roots; prominent clay films on rock fragments and prominent clay films between sand grains; 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03387. patchy - phpvsfiid 533480; patchy - phpvsfiid 533481; patchy - phpvsfiid 533480; patchy - phpvsfiid 533481
2C—165 to 183 centimeters (65.0 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 roots; prominent clay films on rock fragments and prominent clay films between sand grains; 80 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03388. patchy - phpvsfiid 533482; patchy - phpvsfiid 533483; patchy - phpvsfiid 533482; patchy - phpvsfiid 533483