IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mertz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970PA099011
  • User Pedon ID: 1970PA099011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 648
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 70PA099011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44596
  • 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: 40.3686111
  • Std. Longitude: -77.2183333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Gibble Farm, Spring Twp, 1.7 mi E of Alinda on Pa 850, 2.8 mi E on T346 and 0.3 mi W and 545 ft W in field.
  • 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-C2—Shermans Dale, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Grice and G. Latshaw
  • 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 - 6/17/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.05 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.05 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.08 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.38 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: 6/17/1970 ()
  • 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

    PHLEU

    TRPR2

    TRRE3

    Phleum

    Trifolium pratense

    Trifolium repens

    timothy

    red clover

    white 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

    11

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    198

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    180

    1050

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    10.2

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05014
    E—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 7 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05015
    Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05016
    Bt2—43 to 79 centimeters (16.9 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05017. Common black coatings.
    Bt3—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05018. Common black coatings.
    Bt4—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05019. Many black coatings.
    BC—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/6) interior loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent faint clay films and 38 percent distinct clay films; 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05020. Many black coatings.