IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Drapermill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999VA067006
  • User Pedon ID: 99VA067006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999VA067006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0268
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11127
  • 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: 36.9281960
  • Std. Longitude: -79.7250519
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Piedmont Upland, side 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-H6—Penhook, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Van Lear
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Drapermill
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Drapermill
  • Taxonomic Class - Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/1999
  • 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: 12/3/1999 (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

    KALMI

    PIVI2

    QUAL

    QURU

    VACCI

    Kalmia

    Pinus virginiana

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Vaccinium

    laurel

    Virginia pine

    white 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

    30

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    268.2

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    315

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments.
    Oe—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); fragments.
    A—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and very coarse roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartz fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subangular 2-76-150 millimeter phyllite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01351
    Bt—16 to 61 centimeters (6.3 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) channery silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartz fragments and 12 percent by volume flat subangular 2-76-150 millimeter phyllite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01352
    Cr—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); fragments.
    R—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); fragments.