IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hickoryknob
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999VA067001
  • User Pedon ID: 99VA067001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999VA067001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0264
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11123
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 36.9025574
  • Std. Longitude: -79.7643585
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Piedmont Hill, back 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-H7—Gladehill, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Van Lear
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • 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 - 10/12/1999
  • 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: 10/12/1999 (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

    ACER

    ACER

    CARYA

    PIVI2

    PIVI2

    QURU

    QURU

    VACCI

    Acer

    Acer

    Carya

    Pinus virginiana

    Pinus virginiana

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus rubra

    Vaccinium

    maple

    maple

    hybrid hickory

    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

    35

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    457

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    135

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 99P01335
    Oe—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); fragments.
    A—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01335
    Bt1—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) channery loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 very coarse roots and 3.0 medium roots; 75 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume flat subangular 2-76-150 millimeter schist, mica fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01336
    Bt2—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) channery clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 21 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume flat subangular 2-76-150 millimeter schist, mica fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01337
    Cr—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); fragments.
    R—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); fragments.