IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wheeling
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S02-WV051-002
  • User Pedon ID: S02WV051002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S02-WV051-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - WVU
  • Lab Pedon # - WVU0039
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47595
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 39.7558889
  • Std. Longitude: -80.8570000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: PPG Corporation, Marshall County
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV051—Marshall
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV051—Marshall County, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39080-G7—Powhatan Point, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave Kingsbury, Scott Hoover, Steve Carpenter, Brian Cooley, Tim Prescott and Charles Delp
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheeling
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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: 4/23/2002 (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

    ANVI2

    DAGL

    Andropogon virginicus

    Dactylis glomerata

    broomsedge bluestem

    orchardgrass

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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

    2

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; 7.0 very fine and fine roots; 2 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00284
    Ap2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00285
    BA—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 2 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00286
    Bt1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00287
    Bt2—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00288
    Bt3—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00289
    2C1—119 to 155 centimeters (46.9 to 61.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; massive; friable; 45 percent by volume 2-?-102 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00290
    2C2—155 to 229 centimeters (61.0 to 90.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; massive; friable; 70 percent by volume 2-?-152 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # WVU00291