IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chilhowie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960WV003005
  • User Pedon ID: S1960WV003005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4033
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39675
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 39.5458603
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9035873
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: J. Conklyn farm; 1.2 miles south of Falling Waters on US Route 11, Berkeley County, West Virginia
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV003—Berkeley
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV003—Berkeley County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chilhowie
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AGS-1P169
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30863
    B2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30864. continuous - phpvsfiid 199878; continuous - phpvsfiid 199878
    C21—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30865
    C22—46 to 63 centimeters (18.1 to 24.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30866
    2CR—63 centimeters (24.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30867