IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gauley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995WV075002
  • User Pedon ID: 95WV075002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0080
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68161
  • 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: 38.4486122
  • Std. Longitude: -79.9325027
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 150m northwest of the Bald Knob lookout tower adjacent to the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park.
  • 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: 38079-D8—Cass, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jenkins, Flegel, Delp
  • 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gauley
  • PSC - 25 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gauley
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 93 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
  • Surface Fragments: 15.00 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    cambic horizon

    0—13

    13—25

    25—41

    41—62

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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

    100

    0

    1466

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00807
    L—1 to 0 centimeters (0.4 to 0.0 inches); fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00806. Rock transect == 67%.
    Oe—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00808
    Oa—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); black (5YR 2/1) broken face channery mucky peat; 6.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00809
    E—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); 90 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) broken face and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) exterior very channery very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, weakly coherent by silica; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 5 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 # 96P00810. About 2cm or less of zone at top of E horizon is transitional to Oa (AE horizon too thin to sample).
    Bhs—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); 70 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face and 20 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face channery very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 fine and medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00811
    Bs—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face channery fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 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 # 96P00812
    Bw—41 to 62 centimeters (16.1 to 24.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face very channery fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 45 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00813
    C—62 to 93 centimeters (24.4 to 36.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face extremely channery fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 15 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 55 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 96P00814
    R—93 to 118 centimeters (36.6 to 46.5 inches); fragments. Fractured sandstone.