IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957WV005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1957WV005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957WV005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4031
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39673
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Chapmansville-Turtle Creek Road, 5 miles south of Turtle Creek, 100 yards west of road at low gap
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV005—Boone
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV005—Boone County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1957 (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

    CARYA

    CORNU

    FRAXI

    QUAL

    TILIA

    ULMUS

    Carya

    Cornus

    Fraxinus

    Quercus alba

    Tilia

    Ulmus

    hybrid hickory

    dogwood

    ash

    white oak

    basswood

    elm

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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

    40

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    90

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    O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30851
    A1—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 7 percent by volume angular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30852
    A2—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30853
    B1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30854. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199380; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199380
    B2—28 to 54 centimeters (11.0 to 21.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; prominent clay films; 20 percent by volume angular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30855. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199381; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199381
    B3—54 to 69 centimeters (21.3 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and massive; firm, slightly plastic; 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30856
    C—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; massive; firm, slightly plastic; 40 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30857
    2CR—79 to 79 centimeters (31.1 to 31.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30858