IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilpin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S06WV067006 Gilpin
  • User Pedon ID: S06WV067006 Gilpin
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S06WV067006 Gilpin
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • 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: 38.2614194
  • Std. Longitude: -80.8682278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Located approximately .5 mile up a trail off of the North side of Airport Rd. near Summersville Lake (head of Stony Branch). Land owned/managed by US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District. Permission by C.J. Hamilton, Summersville Lake Manager.
  • County: WV067—Nicholas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38080-C7—Summersville, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. O'Neill
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from shale
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, upper third
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: moderate weathered shale, unspecified at 84cm
  • Geology: Kanawha formation of the Pottsville group.
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent 0.00 percent 0.00 percent
  • 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: 5/10/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
  • Current Weather - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 10
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    ACSA3

    CARYA

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Carya

    red maple

    sugar maple

    hybrid hickory

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    84 - 85

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

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    28—63

    84—85

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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

    36

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    627.4

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    218

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—4 to 11 centimeters (1.6 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume flat subangular 2-10-50 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—11 to 28 centimeters (4.3 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 15 percent by volume flat subangular 2-10-50 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—28 to 50 centimeters (11.0 to 19.7 inches); 65 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face and 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face channery silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent by volume flat subangular 2-10-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—50 to 63 centimeters (19.7 to 24.8 inches); 90 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face very channery silt loam; 20 percent clay; 5 percent medium distinct and 5 percent medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent by volume flat subangular weakly coherent cemented 2-10-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume flat subangular extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-10-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—63 to 84 centimeters (24.8 to 33.1 inches); 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face and 25 percent gray (7.5YR 6/1) broken face extremely channery silt loam; 16 percent clay; 5 percent medium distinct and 5 percent medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent by volume flat subangular extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-10-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume flat subangular weakly coherent cemented 2-10-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    R—84 to 85 centimeters (33.1 to 33.5 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small