IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): STRAWFIELD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999VA067005
  • User Pedon ID: 99VA067005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999VA067005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0267
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11126
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 36.9270821
  • Std. Longitude: -79.7168045
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Piedmont Upland; interfluve shoulder
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA067—Franklin
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA067—Franklin County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36079-H6—Penhook, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Van Lear
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - STRAWFIELD
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Strawfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1999
  • 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: 10/27/1999 (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

    CADE12

    KALMI

    PIVI2

    PIVI2

    QUAL

    QURU

    QURU

    VACCI

    Acer

    Acer

    Castanea dentata

    Kalmia

    Pinus virginiana

    Pinus virginiana

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus rubra

    Vaccinium

    maple

    maple

    American chestnut

    laurel

    Virginia pine

    Virginia pine

    white oak

    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

    7

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    293

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    225

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 99P01345. loose leaves, twigs, and pine needles.
    Oe—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); fragments. intermediately decomposed organic mat.
    A—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and very coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01345. 2 percent subrounded quartz gravels; (pH 5.0)
    BA—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01346. 1 percent subrounded quartz gravels; (pH 5.0)
    Bt1—23 to 31 centimeters (9.1 to 12.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and very coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01347. 2 percent subrounded quartz gravels; (pH 5.0)
    Bt2—31 to 49 centimeters (12.2 to 19.3 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots and very coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01348. few very fine flakes of mica; 3 percent subangular phyllite channers; (pH 5.0)
    Bt3—49 to 69 centimeters (19.3 to 27.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01349. few very fine flakes of mica; 3 percent subangular phyllite channers; (pH 5.0)
    Bt4/Cr—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01350. 50 percent soft weathered phyllite; few very fine flakes of mica; 3 percent subangular phyllite channers; (pH 5.0)
    R—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); fragments. hard phyllite bedrock