IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Airmont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S02-WV037-008
  • User Pedon ID: S02WV037008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S02-WV037-008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - WVU
  • Lab Pedon # - WVU0036
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47592
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.1677778
  • Std. Longitude: -77.8322222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Floc Center, Jefferson County Laidig very stony loam 6-12% slopes
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV037—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 130A—Northern Blue Ridge
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV037—Jefferson County, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39077-B7—Round Hill, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Airmont
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: acid quartzite colluvium derived from graywacke and/or colluvium derived from phyllite
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 14.00 percent nonflat 250- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): NASIS Site Name (MLRA06_Morgantown) was transferred over (MLRA12_Amherst) to align with the new USDA-NRCS SPSD Regional Office boundaries. The MLRA12-Amherst NASIS Site will eventually be renamed as the Northeast NASIS Site.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ACRU

    QUAL

    QUPR2

    Acer rubrum

    Quercus alba

    Quercus prinus

    red maple

    white oak

    chestnut oak

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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

    9

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    Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine and medium granular structure; fragments. plant material is hardwood leaf litter
    A/E—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); 55 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and 45 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 7.0 fine to coarse roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00022
    BE—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 7.0 fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00023
    Bt—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 7.0 fine to coarse roots; 10 percent faint clay bridges and 10 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00024
    Btx1—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 10 percent faint clay films on rock fragments and 30 percent faint clay bridges; coarse distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) iron depletions and coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00025
    Btx2—66 to 130 centimeters (26.0 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on rock fragments and 30 percent faint clay bridges; coarse distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions and coarse distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume nonflat 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # WVU00026. quartzite and phyllite fragments