IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilpin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980WV015007
  • User Pedon ID: 80WV015007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0353
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48131
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.3666649
  • Std. Longitude: -81.0472260
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 66 meters N of Nicholas County-Clay County line 64 km E of Leatherwood creek Sec. Rd 17 in wooded area.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV015—Clay

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. Amick; C. Delp.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    30

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Leaf litter. Not sampled.
    O2—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 80P01831. Partially decomposed organic matter. Not sampled.
    A1—8 to 11 centimeters (3.1 to 4.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01830. many roots
    A2—11 to 18 centimeters (4.3 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior channery silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01831. many roots
    B21t—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 37 percent , moist, clay films; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01832. common clay films surface features; many roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214630; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214630
    B22t—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 37 percent , moist, clay films; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01833. common clay films surface features; many roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214631; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214631
    B3—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01834. common roots
    C—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very channery silt loam; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; 65 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01835. few roots
    R—94 to 98 centimeters (37.0 to 38.6 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments. Siltstone and shale. Not sampled.