IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Huntington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2000WV011300
  • User Pedon ID: 2000WV011300
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - WVU
  • Lab Pedon # - WVU0004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47566
  • Print Date: 4/2/2025

    • 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: 38.5937250
  • Std. Longitude: -82.2569361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area, Cabell County
  • Map Unit: Hu—Huntington silt loam
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV011—Cabell
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MAT—Marietta, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV011—Cabell County, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38082-E3—Athalia, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tim Dilliplane
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Fluventic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Huntington
  • PSC - 33 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/2016
  • Classifier - Dan Benyei
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Huntington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/16/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Tim Dilliplane
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    0—33

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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

    3

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    Ap—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WVU00309
    BA—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3) on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00310
    Bw1—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume charcoal fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00311
    Bw2—91 to 140 centimeters (35.8 to 55.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume charcoal fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00312
    BC—140 to 170 centimeters (55.1 to 66.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume charcoal fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # WVU00313