IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vertrees

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 2005WV037463

User Pedon ID: 2005WV037463

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 05N0626

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18144

Print Date: 11/11/2024

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: 39.3063889

Std. Longitude: -77.9122222

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: in a pasture; about 3.8 miles on Route 51 from its interesction with CR-1 near Middleway, then 1,300 feet north into pasture on convex sideslope, in area of Harewood; Middleway topographic quadrangle, elevation 554 feet.

Map Unit: VtB—Vertrees-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes

State: West Virginia

County: WV037—Jefferson

MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV037—Jefferson County, West Virginia

PEDON

Describers Name: Jared Beard, Joe Kraft

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon CE

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Vertrees

PSC - 18 to 68 cm.

Classificaton Date - 11/1/2006

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Hagerstown

Classificaton Date - 4/27/2005

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from limestone

Landscape: karst

Landform: upland slope

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: indurated limestone, unspecified

Geology: Stonehenge formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 4/27/2005 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID:

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Yield Study ID -

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet

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	—	—	169	—	90	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 14 percent clay; weak thick platy structure; firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 medium roots top of horizon and 10.0 fine roots top of horizon; 7 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small

Ap2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); 75 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) and 25 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 medium irregular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules; 19 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-36-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.

Bt1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; high excavation difficulty; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium irregular and 3.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 23 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-36-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary.

Bt2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 50 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine to medium roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 75 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine manganese nodules; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-3-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.

Bt3—61 to 127 centimeters (24.0 to 50.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 61 percent clay; 10 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; friable; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine to medium roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 75 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary.

Bt4—127 to 178 centimeters (50.0 to 70.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 60 percent clay; 30 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 75 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat angular 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary.