IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chilhowie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960WV003006
  • User Pedon ID: S1960WV003006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4034
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39676
  • 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: 39.5761375
  • Std. Longitude: -77.8991470
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Standard Limestone Company; 1.2 miles north of Falling Waters, 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 #: 6
  • 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-1P171
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30868
    B2—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30869. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199884; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199884
    C—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30870
    2CR—53 centimeters (20.9 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30871