IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pipestem
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S03WV081001 Pipestem
  • User Pedon ID: 03NPSWV081001 Pipestem
  • User Site Association ID: New River and Associated Rec Areas
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0121
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16526
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.8315833
  • Std. Longitude: -81.0498889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: on a very steep mountain slope above the NPS river access road near Prince, Raleigh County; about 3.4 miles on Glade Creek Road, east-south east of the junction of Glade Creek Road and WV Route 41; USGS Prince, West Virginia topographic quadrangle.
  • Map Unit: CcG—Cateache-Pipestem complex, 35 to 80 percent slopes, very stony
  • County: WV081—Raleigh
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MOR—Morgantown, West Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV622—New River Gorge National River, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37081-G1—Prince, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tony Jenkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pipestem
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shouns
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey colluvium derived from interbedded sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Hinton formation of the Mauch Chunk group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/2008 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    60

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    415

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    25

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    A—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/3) rubbed, dry; channery silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 0 percent by volume 380-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat 150-?-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    BA—11 to 30 centimeters (4.3 to 11.8 inches); 80 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) crushed and 20 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed stony silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume flat 150-?-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat 380-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior stony silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 40 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat 150-?-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat 380-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 249323; continuous - phpvsfiid 249323
    Bw2—61 to 98 centimeters (24.0 to 38.6 inches); 50 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) interior and 50 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior flaggy silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 40 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat 380-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat 150-?-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. f-e texture changed from sic to sicl to reflect lab data; continuous - phpvsfiid 249322; continuous - phpvsfiid 249322
    Bw3—98 to 137 centimeters (38.6 to 53.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) interior flaggy silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 40 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat 380-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat 150-?-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. f-e texture changed from sic to sicl to reflect lab data; continuous - phpvsfiid 249321; continuous - phpvsfiid 249321
    BC—137 to 160 centimeters (53.9 to 63.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) interior very stony silty clay loam; weak medium columnar structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume flat 150-?-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat 380-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter.; observed in pit, small