IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MURRILL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997VA167033
  • User Pedon ID: 97VA167033
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997VA167033
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0316
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10587
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 250 feet S of Rt 657
  • 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: 36082-H1—Lebanon, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JT, TDA, JWE
  • 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 #: 33
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MURRILL
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, acid Typic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/1997
  • 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 Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/15/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 32
  • Microrelief Elevation: 0
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CIAR4

    TRPR2

    Cirsium arvense

    Trifolium pratense

    Canada thistle

    red clover

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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

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    664

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    340

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay loam; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately fluid; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments irregular boundary. Lab sample # 98P01907
    E—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay loam; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately fluid; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01908
    Bt1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay loam; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01909
    Bt2—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay loam; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01910
    Bt3—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay loam; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01911
    Bt4—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay loam; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments. Lab sample # 98P01912