IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Calvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003WV077001 Calvin
  • User Pedon ID: S03WV077001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0107
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16463
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 39.2501678
  • Std. Longitude: -79.7668076
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: located near Little Buffalo Creek; a skid road intersects the site
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV077—Preston
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV077—Preston County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tony Jenkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Calvin
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: skeletal, red, noncalcareous shale, siltstone, and sandstone loamy residuum
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: at 72cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/2003 (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
    • 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

    42

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    770

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    299

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00516; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe—1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00517; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa/A—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) crushed loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume flat subrounded 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume flat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00518; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 15 percent by volume flat subrounded 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume flat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00519; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—20 to 35 centimeters (7.9 to 13.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 15 percent by volume flat subrounded 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume flat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00520; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—35 to 60 centimeters (13.8 to 23.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 20 percent by volume flat subrounded 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume flat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00521; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    CB—60 to 72 centimeters (23.6 to 28.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint clay films on bottom of rock fragments; 20 percent by volume flat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume flat subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume flat subrounded 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 04N00522; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 392754; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 392754
    R—72 centimeters (28.3 inches); fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small