IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mertz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970PA067010
  • User Pedon ID: 1970PA067010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 451
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - PSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 70PA067010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44378
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 40.6813889
  • Std. Longitude: -77.1413889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.5 mi W of Richfield on Rt 35 to old church and cemetary; 0.1 mi toward Richfield and 930 ft down slope.
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: PA067—Juniata
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PA605—Juniata and Mifflin Counties, Pennsylvania
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40077-F2—Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Ekart and G. Latshaw
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PSU
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mertz
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Landisburg
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.1 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.13 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.19 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.21 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.29 in/hr of percolation rate and 0.33 in/hr of percolation rate


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/1970 ()
  • 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

    DAGL

    TRPR2

    Dactylis glomerata

    Trifolium pratense

    orchardgrass

    red 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

    4

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    213

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    0

    1000

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 8 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03381
    Bt1—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03382
    Bt2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 38 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 1 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PSU03383. patchy - phpvsfiid 533472; patchy - phpvsfiid 533471; patchy - phpvsfiid 533472; patchy - phpvsfiid 533471
    2Bt3—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak coarse blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent distinct black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03384. Fe-Mn coatings also on coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 533473; continuous - phpvsfiid 533474; continuous - phpvsfiid 533473; continuous - phpvsfiid 533474
    2Bt4—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.3 roots; 38 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments and 38 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03385. patchy - phpvsfiid 533476; patchy - phpvsfiid 533477; patchy - phpvsfiid 533476; patchy - phpvsfiid 533477
    2Bt5—114 to 124 centimeters (44.9 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 roots; distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on surfaces along root channels and 14 percent distinct black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments; 20 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03386
    2Bt6—124 to 165 centimeters (48.8 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 roots; prominent clay films on rock fragments and prominent clay films between sand grains; 20 percent by volume ? to 48-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume ? to 163-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # PSU03387. patchy - phpvsfiid 533480; patchy - phpvsfiid 533481; patchy - phpvsfiid 533480; patchy - phpvsfiid 533481
    2C—165 to 183 centimeters (65.0 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 roots; prominent clay films on rock fragments and prominent clay films between sand grains; 80 percent by volume ? to 11-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # PSU03388. patchy - phpvsfiid 533482; patchy - phpvsfiid 533483; patchy - phpvsfiid 533482; patchy - phpvsfiid 533483