IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Snowdog
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995WV093008
  • User Pedon ID: 95WV093008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0090
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68171
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • 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: 38.9922218
  • Std. Longitude: -79.3986130
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Little Stonecoal Run of Red Creek, in Dolly Sods Wilderness Area.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV093—Tucker
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV093—Tucker County, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38079-H4—Laneville, West Virginia
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.Jenkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Aquic Fragiochrepts
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snowdog
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Aquic Fragiochrepts
  • 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: hillside
  • Microfeature: tree-tip mound
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/17/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3216-99
  • Microrelief Elevation: 25
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    fragipan

    0—32

    32—55

    55—100

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    22

    140

    60

    1196

    358

    L—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 96P00890. Rock transect = 21%.
    Oi—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); 4.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00891
    Oe—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); 7.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00892
    A—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); 80 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face and 20 percent black (10YR 2/1) broken face channery silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 7.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 5 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 # 96P00893
    A/E—16 to 34 centimeters (6.3 to 13.4 inches); 60 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments and 5 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 # 96P00894
    Bw—34 to 57 centimeters (13.4 to 22.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face channery loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 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; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00895
    Bx—57 to 102 centimeters (22.4 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face channery sandy loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct and 1 percent 7.5YR (7.5YR fine and medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.0 roots; 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 15 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00896
    2BC—102 to 133 centimeters (40.2 to 52.4 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face extremely channery sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00897
    2C—133 to 167 centimeters (52.4 to 65.7 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face extremely channery sandy loam; massive; friable; 10 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00898
    R—167 to 202 centimeters (65.7 to 79.5 inches); fragments. Siltstone shale bedrock.