IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilpin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962WV001002
  • User Pedon ID: S1962WV001002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39686
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 3/4 mile southwest of Tacy along W. Va. secondary road 38. 50 feet north of road cut. Plot located on original Barbour County field sheet
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV001—Barbour
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • 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 #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AMP19-144
  • 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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    25

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30932
    B2t—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30933
    B3—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; 30 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30934
    C—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly clay loam; massive; firm; 80 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30935
    R—74 centimeters (29.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30936