IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buchanan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S07WV031006
  • User Pedon ID: S07WV031006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0068
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19356
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 38.9803848
  • Std. Longitude: -78.6610947
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: V Dyer farm Trout run Called buchanan pasture
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles Delp, Dave Kingsbury, Carlos Cole
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive Aquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buchanan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive Aquic Fragiudults
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy colluvium derived from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, lower third
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • 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

    9

    334

    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; moderate very fine granular, and moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 15.0 very fine roots and fine roots; 2 percent by volume flat 5-?-60 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments.; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—5 to 17 centimeters (2.0 to 6.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; friable; 7.0 very fine roots; 5 percent by volume flat 5-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments.; observed in pit, small
    BE—17 to 25 centimeters (6.7 to 9.8 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume flat 5-?-60 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments.; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume flat 5-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments.; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 374824; patchy - phpvsfiid 374824
    Bt2—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume flat 5-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments.; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 374825; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 374825
    Btx1—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume flat 2-?-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume flat 5-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments.; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 374826; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 374826
    Btx2—91 to 149 centimeters (35.8 to 58.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) cobbly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent clay films; 1 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions and 2 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume flat 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat 5-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 150-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments.; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 374827; patchy - phpvsfiid 374827
    Btx3—149 to 165 centimeters (58.7 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent faint clay films; 3 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) iron depletions and 5 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 15 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) iron depletions; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume flat 5-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments.; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 374828; patchy - phpvsfiid 374828
    Btx4—165 to 191 centimeters (65.0 to 75.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely channery sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak coarse platy structure; firm; 2 percent clay bridges and 3 percent faint clay films; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 10 percent medium pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume flat 2-?-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume flat 5-?-50 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments.; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 374829; patchy - phpvsfiid 374829