IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MAURERTOWN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998VA163036
  • User Pedon ID: 98VA163036
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0283
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10554
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: along Rt 615 (Paul Faucher's road)
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA163—Rockbridge
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA163—Rockbridge County, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 36
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MAURERTOWN
  • Classificaton Date - 10/30/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/1998 (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
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01720. F black iron-manganese <2p.
    Btg1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine and medium mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01721. C black Manganese <2p; cf clay films.
    Btg2—33 to 74 centimeters (13.0 to 29.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse mottles; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01722. F black Manganese <2p; cd clay films.
    Btg3—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium and coarse mottles; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01723. F black manganese <5p; md clay films.
    Btg4—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) very cobbly clay; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium and coarse mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01724. 10 P, 15 ck, 15 ct; md clay films.
    Btg5—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) extremely cobbly sandy clay loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium and coarse and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium and coarse mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P01725. 30 P, 30 ck, 10 ct; md clay films.
    140 centimeters (55.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 98P01726