IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997WV093006
  • User Pedon ID: 97WV093006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0152
  • Print Date: 4/1/2025

    • 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: 39.1869444
  • Std. Longitude: -79.6252778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • 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: Jenkins, Carpenter, Delp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • 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
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • PSC - 25 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/18/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/18/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • 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

    37

    250

    100

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    212

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    Oi1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 98P00945
    Oi2—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches); 4.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 40 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00946
    Oe—4 to 6 centimeters (1.6 to 2.4 inches); 6.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 40 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00947
    Oa/A—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); 50 percent black (7.5YR 2/1) broken face and 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 50 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00948
    BA—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 40 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00949
    Bw1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 35 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00950
    Bw2—38 to 55 centimeters (15.0 to 21.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine and medium roots between peds; 45 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00951
    C—55 to 64 centimeters (21.7 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots around fragments; 80 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; abrupt irregular boundary.
    R—64 centimeters (25.2 inches); fragments. R is fractured siltstone, with some fines in the cracks.