IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
BERKS
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1997WV093001
User Pedon ID:
97WV093001
User Site Association ID:
8867
Transect:
User Transect ID -
42F96
Transect Stop Number -
3
Transect Interval -
652.9
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
98P0147
Print Date:
11/21/2024
LOCATION
Location Description:
Pedon located east of camp horshoe.
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:
39079-B5—Lead Mine, West Virginia
PEDON
Describers Name:
T. Jenkins, C. Delp
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 #:
1
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
BERKS
Taxonomic Class -
Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
Classificaton Date -
9/25/1997
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
mountainside
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
very high
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
10.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/25/1997 (actual site observation date)
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
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
53
37
23
732
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L—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 98P00905
Oi/e—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); very fine to coarse roots throughout; 60 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00906
Oa/A—5 to 16 centimeters (2.0 to 6.3 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) interior extremely flaggy silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; very fine to coarse roots throughout; 60 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00907
BA—16 to 27 centimeters (6.3 to 10.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face very channery loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fine to coarse roots throughout; 50 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00908
Bw—27 to 63 centimeters (10.6 to 24.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face very channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fine to coarse roots throughout; 40 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00909
BC—63 to 100 centimeters (24.8 to 39.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face very channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fine to coarse roots throughout; 50 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 98P00910
R—100 to 125 centimeters (39.4 to 49.2 inches); fragments. Fractured fine-grained sandstone, slightly tilted. Some fines in crack.