IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ERNEST
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961WV083006
  • User Pedon ID: S1961WV083006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961WV083006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39656
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 30 feet south of Otter Creek road, 1.9 miles north from Roosevelt Park on Route 33 to (smoke screen) sampling site
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV083—Randolph
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV083—Randolph County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: w w beverage
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ERNEST
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/1965
  • Classifier - w w beverage
  • Moisture Class - perudic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ERNEST
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/1961
  • Classifier - w w beverage
  • Moisture Class - perudic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/14/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11-103
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    ACER

    BETUL

    FAGUS

    Acer

    Betula

    Fagus

    maple

    birch

    beech

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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

    12

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    914

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30726
    Oe—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30727
    A—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A30728
    E—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) channery silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30729
    Bt1—23 to 49 centimeters (9.1 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30730
    Bt2—49 to 66 centimeters (19.3 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) channery silt loam; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) fine distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30731
    Btx1—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very channery silty clay loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) fine faint mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A30732
    Btx2—102 to 153 centimeters (40.2 to 60.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive parts to weak coarse prismatic; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A30733
    BCx—153 to 191 centimeters (60.2 to 75.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive parts to weak very coarse prismatic; firm; 21 percent iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A30734
    Cr—191 to 216 centimeters (75.2 to 85.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30735