IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westmoreland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962WV001001
  • User Pedon ID: S1962WV001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4047
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39689
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Follow Route 77 from Corners Crossing west approximately one mile, turn right first dirt road beyond Annaland road. Follow dirt road north about one mile to strip mined area. Follow strip mine east 1/2 mile, plot just above highwall. Located on original Barbour County field sheet
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV001—Barbour
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV001—Barbour County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. W. Beverage
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westmoreland
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 18-73
  • 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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    35

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30952
    B1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30953
    B2t—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30954
    B3—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds and clay films on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; 60 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30955
    C—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 85 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30956
    R—102 centimeters (40.2 inches); fragments.