IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Highfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1952VA107004
  • User Pedon ID: S1952VA107004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4190
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40380
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 39.1566696
  • Std. Longitude: -77.8044739
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 1 mile north and west of Round Hill on 7, .4 mile north of Round Hill reservoir
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA107—Loudoun
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA107—Loudoun County, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dr. W. S. Ligon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Inceptic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Highfield
  • Classificaton Date - 1/10/2014
  • Classifier - A. Friend
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHESTER
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1952
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1952 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31983
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate coarse granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31984
    E—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31985
    BE—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31986
    Bt—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31987
    BC—74 to 81 centimeters (29.1 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31988
    C1—81 to 137 centimeters (31.9 to 53.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loam; massive; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31989
    C2—137 to 173 centimeters (53.9 to 68.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silt; weak fine granular structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31990
    C3—173 to 183 centimeters (68.1 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31991