IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hickoryknob
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998VA067004
  • User Pedon ID: 98VA067004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998VA067004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0263
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11122
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 36.8628616
  • Std. Longitude: -79.8013077
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Piedmont Hill, nose slope
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA067—Franklin
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA067—Franklin County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36079-G7—Snow Creek, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Van Lear
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, subactive, mesic Typic Haplohumults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickoryknob
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickoryknob
  • Taxonomic Class - Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/6/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/6/1998 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    KALMI

    PIVI2

    PIVI2

    QURU

    QURU

    VACCI

    Kalmia

    Pinus virginiana

    Pinus virginiana

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus rubra

    Vaccinium

    laurel

    Virginia pine

    Virginia pine

    northern red oak

    northern red oak

    blueberry

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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

    27

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    411

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    45

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. partially decomposed organic material.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01331. 3 percent subrounded mica gneiss gravels; (pH 5.0)
    Bt1—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01332. 3 percent subrounded mica gneiss gravels; (pH 5.2)
    Bt2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01333. few fine flakes of mica; 5 percent subrounded mica gneiss gravels;(pH 5.2)
    Cr/Bt3—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); 25 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01334. few fine flakes of mica; 10 percent subrounded mica gneiss gravels and 10 percent subrounded mica gneiss channers; (pH 5.2)
    R—64 centimeters (25.2 inches); fragments. hard mica gneiss bedrock