IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cateache
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003WV075001 Cateache
  • User Pedon ID: S03WV075001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0120
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16525
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.5491676
  • Std. Longitude: -79.8550034
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV075—Pocahontas
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV075—Pocahontas County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tony Jenkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: forestry data site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cateache
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: red residuum weathered from limestone, sandstone, and shale
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: at 115cm
  • Geology: Mauch Chunk formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/10/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    115 - 125

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—16

    16—78

    115—125

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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

    32

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    1028

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 04N00617; observed in pit, small
    A—2 to 12 centimeters (0.8 to 4.7 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; very fine roots throughout and very coarse roots throughout; 20 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 75-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00618; observed in pit, small
    AB—12 to 26 centimeters (4.7 to 10.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; very fine roots throughout and medium roots throughout; 20 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 75-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00619; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—26 to 40 centimeters (10.2 to 15.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very fine roots throughout and fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 20 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 75-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00620; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 392778; continuous - phpvsfiid 392778
    Bt2—40 to 77 centimeters (15.7 to 30.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very fine roots throughout and fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 100-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00621; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 392777; continuous - phpvsfiid 392777
    BC—77 to 100 centimeters (30.3 to 39.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very fine roots throughout and fine roots throughout; 50 percent by volume flat subangular ? to 100-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00622; observed in pit, small
    R/C—100 to 115 centimeters (39.4 to 45.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior loam; fragments; abrupt broken boundary.; observed in pit, small
    R—115 to 125 centimeters (45.3 to 49.2 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small