IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nolo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961WV093001
  • User Pedon ID: S1961WV093001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961WV093001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39657
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: In Blackwater State Park; on north side of gorge, 1/2 mile north of Blackwater lodge, 116 feet north of road leading to canyon overlook
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV093—Tucker
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV093—Tucker County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. W. B.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nolo
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DDF-10-93
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    2MOSS

    PTERI

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    Pteridium

    Moss

    brackenfern

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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

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    960

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30736
    A22—3 to 3 centimeters (1.2 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30740. Ped
    A22g—3 to 3 centimeters (1.2 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30739. Ped interior.
    A1—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30737
    A21—4 to 11 centimeters (1.6 to 4.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) and reddish gray (5YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30738
    A22—11 to 18 centimeters (4.3 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; black (10YR 2/1) clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30741
    A23—18 to 26 centimeters (7.1 to 10.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30742
    B21—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse mottles; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30743. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199897; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199897
    B1X—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; coarse platy structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30744
    B2X—56 to 61 centimeters (22.0 to 24.0 inches); 80 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A30745
    2CR—61 to 61 centimeters (24.0 to 24.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30746