IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buchanan

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2009WV167-510

User Pedon ID: S09WV167510

Vegetation Plot ID: S2009WV167-510

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 09N0996

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24663

Print Date: 11/11/2024

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: 39.6504440

Std. Longitude: -79.7897797

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Upper Clay Run watershed; Coopers Rock State Park.

Map Unit: DdE—Dekalb very stony loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes

State: West Virginia

County: WV061—Monongalia

MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains

Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV611—Marion and Monongalia Counties, West Virginia

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39079-F7—Lake Lynn, West Virginia

PEDON

Describers Name: SATTLER/BECK

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, semiactive, mesic Typic Fragiudults

Pedon Purpose: research site

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Pedon #: 510

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Buchanan

Taxonomic Class - Fine, semiactive, mesic Typic Fragiudults

Classificaton Date - 7/28/2009

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: acid silty solifluction deposits derived from interbedded sedimentary rock

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, upper third

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: moderately coherent shale, unspecified at 175cm

Geology: Pottsville group .

Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 150- to 600-millimeter sandstone, unspecified, 5.00 percent flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2- to 150-millimeter sandstone, unspecified,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 7/28/2009 (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

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ACRU CARYA SMILA2	Acer rubrum Carya Smilax	red maple hybrid hickory greenbrier	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
fragipan bedrock, paralithic	weakly coherent moderately coherent	59 - 117 117 -	— —

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
15	—	—	643.6	—	118	1322	—	153	8.5	18.8	-2.7	—	—	—	—	—	WV1900	Coopers Rock St Forest	WETS

Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03793

Oe—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03794

A—6 to 10 centimeters (2.4 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face loam; moderate 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 very strongly coherent cemented 20-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03795

BE—10 to 24 centimeters (3.9 to 9.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 12 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 20-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03796

Bt1—24 to 37 centimeters (9.4 to 14.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 35 percent faint light olive (10Y 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 12 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 20-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03797. continuous - phpvsfiid 490804; continuous - phpvsfiid 490804

Bt2—37 to 59 centimeters (14.6 to 23.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 35 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint iron depletions in matrix; 12 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 20-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03798. continuous - phpvsfiid 490805; continuous - phpvsfiid 490805

Btx1—59 to 80 centimeters (23.2 to 31.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots top of horizon and 1.0 very fine roots between peds and 1.0 fine roots top of horizon and 1.0 fine roots between peds; 35 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 35 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on top faces of peds; and 5 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, iron-manganese masses on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions on vertical faces of peds; 12 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 20-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03799. continuous - phpvsfiid 490806; continuous - phpvsfiid 490807; continuous - phpvsfiid 490806; continuous - phpvsfiid 490807

Btx2—80 to 117 centimeters (31.5 to 46.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate fine platy structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds and 1.0 fine roots between peds; 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, iron-manganese masses on vertical faces of peds; 12 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 20-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03800. continuous - phpvsfiid 490808; continuous - phpvsfiid 490808

Cr—117 to 150 centimeters (46.1 to 59.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1); weak medium granular structure; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 09N03801