IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957WV035008
  • User Pedon ID: S1957WV035008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39672
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 3.2 miles east of Kenna on Fisher Ridge Road
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV035—Jackson
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV735—Jackson County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • 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: 0.00 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
    • 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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    AP—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30845
    A2—5 to 9 centimeters (2.0 to 3.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30846
    B2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct clay films; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30847. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199392; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199392
    B3—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30848
    C—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy loam; massive; friable; 13 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30849
    2CR—61 centimeters (24.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30850