IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gauley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995WV075001
  • User Pedon ID: 95WV075001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995WV075001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0079
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68160
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.3019447
  • Std. Longitude: -80.2538910
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Cranberry Wilderness Area, Sugar Creek Mtn., about .7 miles from Sugar Creek Mtn parking area on west side of the Scenic Highway about 2.5 miles south of Williams River.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV075—Pocahontas
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV075—Pocahontas County, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38080-D2—Sharp Knob, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tony Jenkins, Don Flegel, Rob Pate
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gauley
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: plateau
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: s moderate weathered sandstone and siltstone
  • Surface Fragments: 20.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/17/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIRU

    Picea rubens

    red spruce

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    cambic horizon

    0—11

    11—26

    26—38

    38—93

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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

    2

    90

    50

    1353

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00798
    L—1 to 0 centimeters (0.4 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 96P00797. Rock transect = 45%.
    Oa—3 to 7 centimeters (1.2 to 2.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face mucky sandy loam, channery sandy loam; 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00799
    A—7 to 11 centimeters (2.8 to 4.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face very channery sandy loam; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00800
    E—11 to 26 centimeters (4.3 to 10.2 inches); 80 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face and 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior very channery loamy fine sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine to coarse roots throughout; 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00801
    Bh/Bhs—26 to 38 centimeters (10.2 to 15.0 inches); 70 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face and 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face very channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 96P00802. Some inconsistently expressed Bs material in lower part of this horizon.
    Bw—38 to 60 centimeters (15.0 to 23.6 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face very channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00803
    BC—60 to 93 centimeters (23.6 to 36.6 inches); 80 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face and 20 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior very channery loamy sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.0 roots; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00804
    C—93 to 123 centimeters (36.6 to 48.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face very channery loamy sand; single grain; loose; 0.0 roots; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00805
    2Cr—123 to 123 centimeters (48.4 to 48.4 inches); fragments. Weathered siltstone/fine grained sandstone.