IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wharton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955WV077010
  • User Pedon ID: S1955WV077010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955WV077010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39651
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1 mile north Centenary on Terra Alta-Brandonville pike on Miller farm
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV077—Preston
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV077—Preston County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. J. P.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wharton
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/2014
  • Classifier - Katey Yoast
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WHARTON
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    QUAL

    QUPA2

    Quercus alba

    Quercus palustris

    white oak

    pin oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    18—86

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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

    3

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30690
    BA—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30691
    Bt1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30692
    Bt2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30693
    Btg1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 50 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30694
    Btg2—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); 90 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30695
    2C—86 centimeters (33.9 inches); very firm; iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30696