IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Meckesville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 593
  • User Pedon ID: 1965PA089011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 593
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 65PA089011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44535
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 40.9488889
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4733333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 100 ft S of Rt. 45091 and 125 ft W of pole GN 360110(6) .2 mi W of Rt 45044 1.3 mi S of Merwinsburg.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA089—Monroe
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-H4—Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Noll, F. Loughry, E. Sautter, G. Fisher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Meckesville
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Meckesville
  • Classificaton Date - 6/7/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.71 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.21 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.25 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.54 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.63 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/7/1965 ()
  • 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

    2GP

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    Grass, perennial

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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

    2

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    305

    —

    180

    1250

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    9.4

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior, pale red (2.5YR 6/2) interior, dry; gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU04589
    Bt1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04590. patchy - phpvsfiid 534286; patchy - phpvsfiid 534286
    Bt2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior, light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04591. patchy - phpvsfiid 534287; patchy - phpvsfiid 534287
    Btx1—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior gravelly loam; weak fine platy, and weak medium blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04592. patchy - phpvsfiid 534288; patchy - phpvsfiid 534288
    Btx2—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior gravelly loam; weak medium blocky, and weak fine platy, and weak very fine blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04593. patchy - phpvsfiid 534289; patchy - phpvsfiid 534289
    Btx3—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior gravelly loam; weak medium blocky, and weak fine platy, and weak very fine blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04594. Few medium black coatings.; patchy - phpvsfiid 534290; patchy - phpvsfiid 534290
    Btx4—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior gravelly loam; weak fine platy, and weak very fine blocky, and moderate medium blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04595. continuous - phpvsfiid 534291; continuous - phpvsfiid 534291
    Btx5—160 to 183 centimeters (63.0 to 72.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate fine blocky, and weak fine platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; prominent clay films; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04596. continuous - phpvsfiid 534292; continuous - phpvsfiid 534292
    2BC—183 to 211 centimeters (72.0 to 83.1 inches); dark reddish gray (10R 4/1) interior very channery clay loam; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 14 percent prominent clay films; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04597. "Weak red coatings, fractured rock with fines in voids."
    2C—211 to 244 centimeters (83.1 to 96.1 inches); weak red (10R 4/2) interior extremely channery clay loam; 85 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04598. 95% fragments.
    R—244 to 259 centimeters (96.1 to 102.0 inches); 95 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments. Lab sample # PSU04599. Weathered fine grained sandstone.