IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mertz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970PA099012
  • User Pedon ID: 1970PA099012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 649
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 70PA099012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44597
  • 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: 40.3552778
  • Std. Longitude: -77.2738889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Wright Farm, 1.3 mi NE of Pa74 on Grennbriar Rd.
  • 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-C3—Landisburg, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz and S. Ekart
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 12
  • 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 0.03 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.15 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.23 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.23 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.38 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.75 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.85 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    2FORB

    PHLEU

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    Phleum

    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    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

    6

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    223

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    338

    1050

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    10.1

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05021
    BA—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05022
    Bt1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 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 # PSU05023
    Bt2—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 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 # PSU05024
    Bt3—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint silica coats on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05025
    Bt4—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2); 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05026
    2Bt5—107 to 145 centimeters (42.1 to 57.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct light gray (5YR 7/1); 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05027. Light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) ped faces; continuous - phpvsfiid 534501; continuous - phpvsfiid 534501
    2Bt6—145 to 168 centimeters (57.1 to 66.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior channery clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct light gray (5YR 7/1); 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05028. Light yellowish brown (10YR 6/6) ped faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 534504; continuous - phpvsfiid 534504
    3C—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior channery clay loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 60 percent medium distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) and 60 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 15 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05029