IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blago
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962WV083001
  • User Pedon ID: S1962WV083001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962WV083001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4042
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39684
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: On Simmons farm, .7 mile northwest of Beverly on W. Va. secondary route 33. About 200 feet on northeast side of highway.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV083—Randolph
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV083—Randolph 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 - Blago
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DDF-36-76
  • 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

    ALNUS

    CAREX

    Alnus

    Carex

    alder

    sedge

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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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    610

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    A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30918
    B1g—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; brown (10YR 4/3) and 3 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30919
    B21g—41 to 63 centimeters (16.1 to 24.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; very coarse prismatic structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30920
    B22g—63 to 81 centimeters (24.8 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; very coarse prismatic structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30921
    B23g—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) silty clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; very coarse prismatic structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; prominent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30922
    B24g—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); gray (N 5/0) silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; very coarse prismatic structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30923
    2C—130 to 183 centimeters (51.2 to 72.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) clay loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30924