diff --git a/src/leveled_log.erl b/src/leveled_log.erl
index 97102d0..64d58b5 100644
--- a/src/leveled_log.erl
+++ b/src/leveled_log.erl
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@
         {info, "Prompting deletions at ManifestSQN=~w"}},
     {"PC022",
         {info, "Storing reference to deletions at ManifestSQN=~w"}},
+    {"PC023",
+        {info, "At level=~w file_count=~w avg_mem=~w " 
+                ++ "file with most memory fn=~s p=~w mem=~w"}},
     {"PM002",
         {info, "Completed dump of L0 cache to list of l0cache_size=~w"}},
     
diff --git a/src/leveled_pclerk.erl b/src/leveled_pclerk.erl
index 027eb44..3e697a3 100644
--- a/src/leveled_pclerk.erl
+++ b/src/leveled_pclerk.erl
@@ -176,6 +176,13 @@ handle_work({SrcLevel, Manifest}, State) ->
     {leveled_pmanifest:get_manifest_sqn(UpdManifest), EntriesToDelete}.
 
 merge(SrcLevel, Manifest, RootPath, OptsSST) ->
+    case leveled_pmanifest:report_manifest_level(Manifest, SrcLevel + 1) of
+        {0, 0, undefined} ->
+            ok;
+        {FCnt, AvgMem, {MaxFN, MaxP, MaxMem}} ->
+            leveled_log:log("PC023",
+                            [SrcLevel + 1, FCnt, AvgMem, MaxFN, MaxP, MaxMem])
+    end,
     Src = leveled_pmanifest:mergefile_selector(Manifest, SrcLevel),
     NewSQN = leveled_pmanifest:get_manifest_sqn(Manifest) + 1,
     SinkList = leveled_pmanifest:merge_lookup(Manifest,
diff --git a/src/leveled_pmanifest.erl b/src/leveled_pmanifest.erl
index 031ba8a..84c02e3 100644
--- a/src/leveled_pmanifest.erl
+++ b/src/leveled_pmanifest.erl
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
         check_for_work/2,
         is_basement/2,
         levelzero_present/1,
-        check_bloom/3
+        check_bloom/3,
+        report_manifest_level/2
         ]).      
 
 -export([
@@ -225,6 +226,50 @@ remove_manifest(RootPath, GC_SQN) ->
         end.
 
 
+-spec report_manifest_level(manifest(), non_neg_integer()) ->
+                            {non_neg_integer(),
+                                non_neg_integer(),
+                                {string(), pid(), non_neg_integer()} |
+                                    undefined}.
+%% @doc
+%% Report on a level in the manifest
+%% - How many files in the level
+%% - The average size of the memory occupied by a files in the level
+%% - The file with the largest memory footprint {Filename, Pid, Memory}
+report_manifest_level(Manifest, LevelIdx) ->
+    Levels = Manifest#manifest.levels,
+    Level = array:get(LevelIdx, Levels),
+    {LevelSize, LevelList} = 
+        case is_list(Level) of
+            true ->
+                {length(Level), Level};
+            _ ->
+                {leveled_tree:tsize(Level), leveled_tree:to_list(Level)}
+        end,
+    AccMemFun = 
+        fun(MaybeME, {MemAcc, Max}) ->
+            ME = get_manifest_entry(MaybeME),
+            P = ME#manifest_entry.owner,
+            {memory, PM} = process_info(P, memory),
+            UpdMax = 
+                case Max of
+                    {_MaxFN, _MaxP, MaxPM} when MaxPM > PM ->
+                        Max;
+                    _ ->
+                        {ME#manifest_entry.filename, P, PM}
+                end,
+            {MemAcc + PM, UpdMax}
+        end,
+    case LevelSize of
+        0 ->
+            {0, 0, undefined};
+        _ ->
+            {TotalMem, BiggestMem} =
+                lists:foldl(AccMemFun, {0, undefined}, LevelList),
+            {LevelSize, TotalMem div LevelSize, BiggestMem}
+    end.
+
+
 -spec replace_manifest_entry(manifest(), integer(), integer(),
                                     list()|manifest_entry(),
                                     list()|manifest_entry()) -> manifest().
@@ -555,6 +600,15 @@ check_bloom(Manifest, FP, Hash) ->
 %%% Internal Functions
 %%%============================================================================
 
+-spec get_manifest_entry({tuple(), manifest_entry()}|manifest_entry())
+                            -> manifest_entry().
+%% @doc
+%% Manifest levels can have entries of two forms, use this if only interested
+%% in the latter form
+get_manifest_entry({_EndKey, ManifestEntry}) ->
+    ManifestEntry;
+get_manifest_entry(ManifestEntry) ->
+    ManifestEntry.
 
 %% All these internal functions that work on a level are also passed LeveIdx
 %% even if this is not presently relevant.  Currnetly levels are lists, but