IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960WV003008
  • User Pedon ID: S1960WV003008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960WV003008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4032
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39674
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.3894730
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9758148
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: James Mason farm, 5 miles southeast from southern edge of Matrinsburg Airport, 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 #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AGS-2P-19
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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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

    5

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30859
    B2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30860
    B3—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30861
    2CR—53 centimeters (20.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30862