IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Mertz
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1970PA067011
User Pedon ID:
1970PA067011
Vegetation Plot ID:
452
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
PSU
Lab Pedon # -
70PA067011
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
44379
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:
40.6808333
Std. Longitude:
-77.1397222
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
1.5 mi W on PA-35 from Richfield, near cemetary and church, 0.1 mi toward Richfield, 200 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:
G. Latshaw and S. Ekart
Current Taxonomic Class:
Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Hapludults
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PSU
Pedon #:
11
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Mertz
Classificaton Date -
5/7/2012
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Frankstown
Classificaton Date -
6/11/1970
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Field Measured Properties:
0.04 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.17 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.21 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.23 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.27 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.85 in/hr of percolation rate and 5.25 in/hr of percolation rate
SITE
Landscape:
mountain system
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
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 -
hayland
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
Dactylis glomerata
orchardgrass
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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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223
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0
1000
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9.7
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Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU03389
Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03390
Bt2—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03391. patchy - phpvsfiid 533485; patchy - phpvsfiid 533485
Bt3—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 14 percent clay films between sand grains and 14 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments and 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent coarse faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 1 percent coarse faint reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6); 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03392. Fe-Mn coatings also in soil mass.
Bt4—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on rock fragments and clay films between sand grains and 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent coarse faint yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 1 percent coarse faint reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6); 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03393. Common black Fe-Mn coatings in soil mass and on coarse fragments.
Bt5—119 to 160 centimeters (46.9 to 63.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and clay films on rock fragments and 14 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent coarse faint yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 1 percent coarse faint reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6); 25 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03394. Common black Fe-Mn coatings in soil mass and on coarse fragments.