IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Meckesville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 272
  • User Pedon ID: 1958PA035014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 272
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 58PA035014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44179
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 41.1202778
  • Std. Longitude: -77.5880556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 30 ft from W field bdry, 6.7 mi W on 18009 from Rt 120 in Lock Haven, Beech Creek Twp., Muthler farm
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA035—Clinton
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41077-A5—Beech Creek, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Loughry, R. Matelski, W. Steputis, C. Engle, E. Mason
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Meckesville
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mench
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/1958 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    MESA

    TRAE

    TRIFO

    Medicago sativa

    Triticum aestivum

    Trifolium

    alfalfa

    common wheat

    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

    10

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    335

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    180

    1000

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    9.3

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02051
    AB—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02052. Slightly platy
    BA—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02053. Partial clay coatings.
    Bt1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky, and subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU02054. Friable to slightly firm
    Bt2—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02055
    Bx1—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); dusky red (10R 3/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; faint clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU02056. Dusky red.
    Bx2—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior and gray (5YR 6/1) exterior silty clay loam; weak coarse platy, and weak medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; gray (5YR 6/1) coats; 1 percent medium distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU02057