IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Wheaton
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
Wheaton S03-VA059-1-3
User Pedon ID:
03VA059001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
04N0256
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
15789
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
38.8547554
Std. Longitude:
-77.3649673
Datum:
WGS84
Map Unit:
905—Wheaton loam, 2 to 25 percent slopes
State:
Virginia
County:
VA059—Fairfax
MLRA:
148—Northern Piedmont
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
VA059—Fairfax County, Virginia
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
38077-G3—Fairfax, Virginia
PEDON
Describers Name:
JDH
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, acid, mesic Typic Udorthents
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Wheaton
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
8/18/2008
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Wheaton
Classificaton Date -
11/13/2003
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
residuum weathered from phyllite
Landscape:
piedmont
Landform:
interfluve
Geomorphic Component Hills:
interfluve
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Runoff:
very high
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Bedrock:
moderately coherent phyllite
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/13/2003 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
artificial cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
urban and built-up
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
0—15
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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
2
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Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; 2 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate medium granular structure; friable; moderate permeability; 15.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter phyllite fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01146; moist when described;
C1—5 to 91 centimeters (2.0 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; 2 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots; 0.7 fine dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent fine distinct platy mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter phyllite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01147; moist when described;
C2—91 to 137 centimeters (35.8 to 53.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; 2 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 2 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; moderate permeability; 10 percent fine distinct platy mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter phyllite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01148; moist when described;
C3—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; moderate permeability; 10 percent fine distinct platy mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter phyllite fragments.; moist when described;