IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buchanan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S07WV031005
  • User Pedon ID: S07WV031005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S07WV031005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8247
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • 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: 38.9806137
  • Std. Longitude: -78.6601257
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: LaC

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Timothy Dilliplane and David Kingsbury
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buchanan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy colluvium derived from sandstone and shale
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, lower third
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 6.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 250- to 600-millimeter sandstone, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    CAOV2

    GAYLU

    NYSY

    PIST

    PRSE2

    QUAL

    QUCO2

    Acer rubrum

    Carya ovata

    Gaylussacia

    Nyssa sylvatica

    Pinus strobus

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus alba

    Quercus coccinea

    red maple

    shagbark hickory

    huckleberry

    blackgum

    eastern white pine

    black cherry

    white oak

    scarlet oak

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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

    10

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) slightly decomposed plant material; very friable; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    A1—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) cobbly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 5-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A2—3 to 7 centimeters (1.2 to 2.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) cobbly loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 5-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    BE—7 to 18 centimeters (2.8 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume flat 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt—18 to 55 centimeters (7.1 to 21.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 5.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Btx1—55 to 112 centimeters (21.7 to 44.1 inches); 40 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; cobbly loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate coarse platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and 3 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds and 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix surrounding redox depletions; 5 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Btx2—112 to 147 centimeters (44.1 to 57.9 inches); 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; stony loam; weak medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent coarse distinct iron depletions and 5 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-?-457 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Btx3—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and gray (5YR 6/1), dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) and gray (10YR 6/1), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments.; observed in pit, small