IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frederick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983VA023012
  • User Pedon ID: 83VA023012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983VA023012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0654
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54898
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 0.4 miles northeast of the junction of Highways VA-601 and VA-605 rear Cloverdale in Botetourt County (Roanoke topographic quadrangle)
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA023—Botetourt
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA023—Botetourt County, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frederick
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: conococheague formation
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    MESA

    Medicago sativa

    alfalfa

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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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    366

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—25 to 76 centimeters (9.8 to 29.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03624
    Bt2—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary.
    Bt3—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments.