IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MURRILL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997VA167022
  • User Pedon ID: 97VA167022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0315
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10586
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 25 feet N of Rt 619 - Ball Farm 300 yards W of Chapel
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA167—Russell
  • MLRA: 128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA167—Russell County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36081-H8—Elk Garden, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TDA, JT, JVWE
  • 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
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MURRILL
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 34
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

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    427

    232.3

    866

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01901
    E—8 to 43 centimeters (3.1 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01902
    Bt1—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01903. continuous - phpvsfiid 201059; continuous - phpvsfiid 201059
    Bt2—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01904. continuous - phpvsfiid 202884; continuous - phpvsfiid 202884
    2B1—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) very gravelly silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 35 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01905. continuous - phpvsfiid 202885; continuous - phpvsfiid 202885
    2B2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments. Lab sample # 98P01906. continuous - phpvsfiid 202886; continuous - phpvsfiid 202886