IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ernest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983WV099002
  • User Pedon ID: 83WV099002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983WV099002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0858
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53639
  • 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: 38.2361107
  • Std. Longitude: -82.5363922
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In pasture field 200 yards west of the Junction of Grayston Creek Road and Black Fork Road in Wayne County. 82 32' 11" W 38 14' 10" N
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV099—Wayne
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV099—Wayne County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Carpenter & Carlos Cole
  • 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 - 8/30/1983
  • 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: Conemaugh group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/1983 (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

    POA

    TRRE3

    VERNO

    Poa

    Trifolium repens

    Vernonia

    bluegrass

    white clover

    ironweed

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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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    195

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04327
    Bt1—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04328. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270092; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270092
    Bt2—43 to 80 centimeters (16.9 to 31.5 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) very channery clay loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium and 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 45 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04329. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270093; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270093
    Bt3—80 to 110 centimeters (31.5 to 43.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very channery clay loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04330. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270094; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270094
    C—110 to 150 centimeters (43.3 to 59.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) very flaggy clay loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine and 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium mottles; massive; friable; 50 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 83P04331