IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mertz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970PA099010
  • User Pedon ID: 1970PA099010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 647
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 70PA099010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44595
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.3672222
  • Std. Longitude: -77.4855556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Gladfelter Farm, 2.3 mi NW of Blaine on PA 17, 125 ft N on Farm Rd. and 100 ft W in 1 arch plantings.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA099—Perry
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA099—Perry County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-C4—Andersonburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz, S. Ekart
  • 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 - Frankstown
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.28 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.44 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.88 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.88 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.22 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.31 in/hr of percolation rate and 1.31 in/hr of percolation rate and 3.97 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: 6/18/1970 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    ASCLE

    LAKA2

    PHLEU

    Asclepias

    Larix kaempferi

    Phleum

    milkweed

    Japanese larch

    timothy

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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

    11

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    277

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    22

    1050

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    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05006
    BA—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05007
    Bt1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05008
    Bt2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # PSU05009. Common black coatings.
    2Bt3—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) exterior silty clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coats on all faces of peds and 38 percent faint clay films on rock fragments and 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05010. Few medium black coatings.
    2Bt4—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face silty clay; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent faint clay films on rock fragments; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05011. Brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) prism faces.
    2Bt5—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 38 percent faint clay films on rock fragments; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05012. Brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) prism faces.
    2Bt6—173 to 190 centimeters (68.1 to 74.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 70 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05013. Brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) prism faces.