IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Meckesville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988PA055070
  • User Pedon ID: 1988PA055070
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 374
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88PA055070
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44292
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 40.2469444
  • Std. Longitude: -77.6544444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: ASPECT = 315 DEGREES
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA055—Franklin
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA055—Franklin County, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Ellenberger, M. Cessna, R. Schweinsberg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: DDRP
  • Pedon #: 70
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Meckesville
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain valleys or canyons
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: undulating
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/2/1988 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree 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

    ACRU

    BETUL

    ROPS

    Acer rubrum

    Betula

    Robinia pseudoacacia

    red maple

    birch

    black locust

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—25

    25—124

    81—81

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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

    40

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    498

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    315

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (N 2/0) interior extremely stony loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine and medium crumb structure; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 5.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.0 medium and coarse high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07097; moist when described;
    E—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior very stony sandy loam; 10 percent clay; strong fine and medium crumb structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 4.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.8 medium high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07098; moist when described;
    Bt1—25 to 54 centimeters (9.8 to 21.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior channery loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 2.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 70 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume subangular ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07099; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533094; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 533094
    Bt2—54 to 81 centimeters (21.3 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior channery loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 14 percent distinct light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) clay bridges throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07100; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 533095; patchy - phpvsfiid 533095
    Btx—81 to 124 centimeters (31.9 to 48.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior stony loam, sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 0.1 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 38 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) black stains throughout and 38 percent distinct light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct light reddish brown (5YR 6/3); 15 percent by volume subangular ? to 76-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU07101; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 533096; patchy - phpvsfiid 533097; patchy - phpvsfiid 533096; patchy - phpvsfiid 533097
    Bx—124 to 200 centimeters (48.8 to 78.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior extremely stony sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate coarse platy, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 14 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) black stains throughout; 1 percent medium and coarse distinct weak red (2.5YR 5/2); 75 percent by volume subangular ? to 425-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # PSU07102; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 533098; patchy - phpvsfiid 533098