IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilpin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006WV101001 Gilpin
  • User Pedon ID: S06WV101001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006WV101001 Gilpin
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0911
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18995
  • 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: 38.4044456
  • Std. Longitude: -80.6091690
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Located up County Rt. 44 on the North side of Rt. 20 from downtown Camden on Gauley, in Webster Co. Follow CR 44 approximately 1.5 miles, take left, follow this to first ridge, there is a pull-off on the left (South) side of the road, follow haul road (trail) to the site (Head of Back Fork). Map #45 in WV DeLorme Gazetteer.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV101—Webster
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV101—Webster County, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38080-D5—Cowen, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Eileen O'Neill and Skip Bell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 15 to 45 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/2/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: creep deposits derived from sandstone and shale over residuum weathered from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, center third
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: strong weathered shale and siltstone at 135cm
  • Geology: Kanawha formation of the Pottsville group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/2/2006 (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

    FAGR

    Acer rubrum

    Fagus grandifolia

    red maple

    American beech

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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

    34

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    793.4

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    256

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    Oi1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 06N03960; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oi2—2 to 3 centimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 06N03961; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 9 centimeters (1.2 to 3.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silt loam; granular structure; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03962; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—9 to 15 centimeters (3.5 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed silt loam; granular structure; 1 percent 3 3 masses of reduced iron throughout and 1 percent masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03963; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—15 to 47 centimeters (5.9 to 18.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face channery silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium distinct mottles; subangular blocky structure; 1 percent masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent 3 3 masses of reduced iron throughout; 3 percent by volume flat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 76-150-250 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-25-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03964; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—47 to 64 centimeters (18.5 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face channery silt loam; subangular blocky structure; 1 percent masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent 3 3 masses of reduced iron throughout; 5 percent by volume flat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 76-150-250 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-25-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03965; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—64 to 82 centimeters (25.2 to 32.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face extremely channery silt loam; moderate subangular blocky structure; 5 percent masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent 3 3 masses of reduced iron throughout; 70 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03966; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—82 to 91 centimeters (32.3 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face very channery silt loam; moderate subangular blocky parts to weak platy structure; 10 percent masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent 3 3 masses of reduced iron throughout; 10 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-50-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03967; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—91 to 135 centimeters (35.8 to 53.1 inches); extremely channery silty clay loam; firm; 10 percent masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent 3 3 masses of reduced iron throughout; 70 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03968; moist when described; observed in pit, small. horizon color recorded as "variegated" 10YR 5/6, 10YR 5/4 are major matrix colors.
    R—135 centimeters (53.1 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small