IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ernest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980WV007009
  • User Pedon ID: 80WV007009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0355
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48133
  • Print Date: 4/13/2025

    • 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: 38.7166672
  • Std. Longitude: -80.7655563
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In rd cut 1.26 meters N of Gassaway along Sec. Rt. 7 between Walnut Creek/Steer Creek drainages on E side of rd.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV007—Braxton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Delp; P. Amick; T. Zang.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ernest
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ernest
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01843. many roots
    1B1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01844. many roots
    1B21t—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01845. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; many roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214634; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214635; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214634; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214635
    1B22t—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery silty clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; 15 percent , moist, clay films; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01846. few clay films surface features; common roots; common 10YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214636; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214636
    1Bx1—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery silty clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) mottles; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots between peds; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01847. few roots between peds; common 10YR62 mottles; common 10YR63 mottles
    1Bx2—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery silt loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) mottles; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P01848. few 10YR62 mottles; few 10YR63 mottles