IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frederick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983VA161007
  • User Pedon ID: 83VA161007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0659
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54903
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 0.3 miles southeast of the junction of Highway VA-117 and Cove Road near Medley in Roanoke County (Salem 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 #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frederick
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium or alluvium
  • 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

    4

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    43

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) 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); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 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 # 84P03629
    Bt2—81 to 157 centimeters (31.9 to 61.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) 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.
    Bt3—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments.