IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gauley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995WV083003
  • User Pedon ID: 95WV083003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995WV083003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0857
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67864
  • 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: 38.9637794
  • Std. Longitude: -79.3588867
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 400 feet west of old fire tower foundation above Dolly Sods picnic area. Probably a few feet south of the Tucker County line.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV083—Randolph
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV083—Randolph County, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38079-H3—Hopeville, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jenkins, Sencindiver, Pyle.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gauley
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, siliceous Typic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1995
  • 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: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 20.00 percent 20.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3216-100
  • 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

    0—17

    17—28

    28—53

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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

    3

    100

    20

    1256

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); 6.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05432
    L—3 to 0 centimeters (1.2 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 95P05431. Rock transect = 17%.
    Oe—13 to 8 centimeters (5.1 to 3.1 inches); 6.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05433
    A—20 to 13 centimeters (7.9 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face Error; weak medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; 7.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 95P05434
    AE—33 to 17 centimeters (13.0 to 6.7 inches); 80 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 20 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face extremely channery fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05435
    E—43 to 28 centimeters (16.9 to 11.0 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face very channery loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05436
    Bh—71 to 34 centimeters (28.0 to 13.4 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) broken face very channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots between peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05437
    Bhs—86 to 40 centimeters (33.9 to 15.7 inches); 40 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face and 40 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face and 20 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face very channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05438
    Bhs/BC—102 to 53 centimeters (40.2 to 20.9 inches); 20 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face and 20 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face and 20 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face very channery fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots between peds and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 95P05439
    C—135 to 68 centimeters (53.1 to 26.8 inches); 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face and 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face extremely channery sandy loam; massive; very friable; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05440
    R—173 centimeters (68.1 inches); fragments.