IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mertz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969PA109011
  • User Pedon ID: 1969PA109011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 728
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 69PA109011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45235
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 40.7930556
  • Std. Longitude: -77.2122222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.7 mi SW of Troxelville, 100 ft SE of 54023.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA109—Snyder
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA109—Snyder County, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-G2—Beavertown, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Ciolkosz, E. Sautter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mertz
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mertz
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.63 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1969 ()
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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

    8

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    213

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    338

    1000

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    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05513
    Bt1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films; 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PSU05514. patchy - phpvsfiid 534885; patchy - phpvsfiid 534885
    Bt2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films and 70 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 2 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05515. patchy - phpvsfiid 534886; patchy - phpvsfiid 534886
    Bt3—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 14 percent faint clay films and 70 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 4 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05516. patchy - phpvsfiid 534889; patchy - phpvsfiid 534889
    Bt4—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay; moderate coarse blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films and 70 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05517. patchy - phpvsfiid 534891; patchy - phpvsfiid 534891
    Bt5—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 38 percent faint clay films; 5 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05518. patchy - phpvsfiid 534892; patchy - phpvsfiid 534892
    C1—142 to 147 centimeters (55.9 to 57.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior sandy clay loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films between sand grains and 14 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 3 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05519
    C2—147 to 170 centimeters (57.9 to 66.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on all faces of peds and 14 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05520. continuous - phpvsfiid 534896; continuous - phpvsfiid 534896
    C3—170 to 201 centimeters (66.9 to 79.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU05521. continuous - phpvsfiid 534897; continuous - phpvsfiid 534897
    C4—201 to 239 centimeters (79.1 to 94.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 38 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU05522. continuous - phpvsfiid 534899; continuous - phpvsfiid 534899