IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973WV039002
  • User Pedon ID: S1973WV039002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973WV039002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4072
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40264
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: .35 mile below the low gap ridgetop along Town Hollow road off Fields Creek; Kanawha County, West Virginia
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV039—Kanawha
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV039—Kanawha County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave Van Houten
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DDF-32-44
  • 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

    PIEC2

    Pinus echinata

    shortleaf pine

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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

    45

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    421

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    180

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31141
    O2—1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31142
    A1—2 to 7 centimeters (0.8 to 2.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31143
    A2—7 to 15 centimeters (2.8 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31144
    B1—15 to 27 centimeters (5.9 to 10.6 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31145
    B2—27 to 48 centimeters (10.6 to 18.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31146
    B3—48 to 63 centimeters (18.9 to 24.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; weak thin platy parts to weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 45 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A31147
    R—63 to 100 centimeters (24.8 to 39.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31148