IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Calvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955WV077005
  • User Pedon ID: S1955WV077005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39648
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Approximately 2 miles north of Terra Alta in northeast corner of woodlot 100 feet west of dirt road on Collins farm
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV077—Preston
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV077—Preston County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. J. P.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Calvin
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/1955 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    11

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A30669
    A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A30670
    A3—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A30671
    B21—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A30672
    B22—46 to 63 centimeters (18.1 to 24.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A30673
    B3—63 to 81 centimeters (24.8 to 31.9 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) and dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30674