IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ernest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983WV011002
  • User Pedon ID: 83WV011002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983WV011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0856
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53637
  • 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: 38.4430542
  • Std. Longitude: -82.2013855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In a wooded abandoned pasture field about 500 yards northwest of the of the Mud River and about 500 yards northeast of the old Prichard School in Cabell County. 82 12' 05" W 38 26' 35" N
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV011—Cabell
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV011—Cabell County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Carpenter & Carlos Col
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ernest
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 9/7/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from sandstone and siltstone and/or colluvium derived from shale
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Monongahelia group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/7/1983 (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

    FRAGA

    ROPS

    RUBUS

    Fragaria

    Robinia pseudoacacia

    Rubus

    strawberry

    black locust

    blackberry

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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

    25

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    189

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—20 to 52 centimeters (7.9 to 20.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270075; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270075
    Bt2—52 to 72 centimeters (20.5 to 28.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly silty clay loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium and 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04318. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270076; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270076
    Bt3—72 to 100 centimeters (28.3 to 39.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly silty clay loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) coarse and 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270081; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270081
    C—100 to 150 centimeters (39.4 to 59.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) channery silty clay loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium mottles; massive; firm; 30 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # 83P04319