IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Meckesville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 594
  • User Pedon ID: 1965PA089012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 594
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 65PA089012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44536
  • 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: 40.9522222
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5075000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 40 ft W and 10 ft N of the hay strip in the field 300 ft W of Rt. 45045.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA089—Monroe
  • MLRA: 140—Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40075-H5—Pohopoco Mountain, 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 #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Meckesville
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Meckesville
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.5 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.54 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.66 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: 6/8/1965 ()
  • 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

    3

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    335

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    180

    1250

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    9.3

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior, pinkish gray (5YR 7/2) 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 # PSU04600
    Bt—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, pale red (2.5YR 6/2) interior, dry; loam; moderate medium blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 38 percent faint clay films; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04601
    Btx1—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior loam; moderate medium and coarse platy, and weak fine blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films; 10 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04602
    Btx2—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; moderate fine blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 38 percent faint clay films; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04603
    Btx3—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; moderate fine blocky, and moderate medium blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 15 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04604
    Btx4—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior gravelly loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate fine blocky structure; brittle; 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 20 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04605. patchy - phpvsfiid 534298; patchy - phpvsfiid 534298
    Btx5—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior gravelly loam; moderate coarse platy, and moderate fine blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04606. patchy - phpvsfiid 534299; patchy - phpvsfiid 534299
    Btx6—168 to 188 centimeters (66.1 to 74.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior gravelly loam; moderate fine blocky, and weak coarse platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 25 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04607. patchy - phpvsfiid 534300; patchy - phpvsfiid 534300
    Btx7—188 to 216 centimeters (74.0 to 85.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/3) interior gravelly loam; weak fine blocky, and weak coarse platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04608
    Bx—216 to 244 centimeters (85.0 to 96.1 inches); weak red (10R 4/2) interior gravelly clay loam; weak coarse platy, and weak fine blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; prominent clay films; 30 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU04609. patchy - phpvsfiid 534302; patchy - phpvsfiid 534302
    BC—244 to 259 centimeters (96.1 to 102.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/2) interior extremely channery loam; 85 percent by volume sandstone-shale fragments. Lab sample # PSU04610. Weathered sandstone and shale. Channery 85% fragments.