IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Calvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955WV077002
  • User Pedon ID: S1955WV077002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955WV077002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4067
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40259
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 4 miles west Cranesville on abandoned farm road
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV077—Preston
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV077—Preston County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. J. Patton
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Calvin
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 16-76
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    QUERC

    TSUGA

    Quercus

    Tsuga

    oak

    hemlock

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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

    25

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31106
    O2—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31107
    A1—8 to 11 centimeters (3.1 to 4.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31108
    A2—11 to 26 centimeters (4.3 to 10.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31109
    B1—26 to 44 centimeters (10.2 to 17.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31110
    B2—44 to 61 centimeters (17.3 to 24.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31111
    C1—61 to 82 centimeters (24.0 to 32.3 inches); 85 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31112
    CR—82 to 82 centimeters (32.3 to 32.3 inches); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31113