IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tilsit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973WV055011
  • User Pedon ID: S1973WV055011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39693
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Casto Farm, 400 yards south of W. Va. Turnpike Glass House, 150 yards east of Turnpike on County Road 3
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV055—Mercer
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV613—Mercer and Summers Counties, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roy Pyle and Dave McKinney
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • 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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    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30979
    B1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30980
    B21t—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 10 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30981. patchy - phpvsfiid 202388; patchy - phpvsfiid 202388
    B22y—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 30 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30982. patchy - phpvsfiid 202389; patchy - phpvsfiid 202389
    BX1—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct and 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30983
    BX2—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct and 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy structure; very firm; 0.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30984