IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frederick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983VA161004
  • User Pedon ID: 83VA161004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0658
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54902
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 0.5 miles northwest of the junction of Highways VA-624 and VA-697 near The Ridges in Roanoke County (Glenvar topographic quadrangle)
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA161—Roanoke
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA161—Roanoke County and the Cities of Roanoke and Salem, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frederick
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: beekmantown 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
    • 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

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    677

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—30 to 81 centimeters (11.8 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay; 21 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03628
    Bt2—81 to 157 centimeters (31.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay; 21 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; 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—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay; 21 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments.