IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Peabody
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987WV103001
  • User Pedon ID: S1987WV103001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0238
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60359
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 39.5702782
  • Std. Longitude: -80.7638855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In wooded area 3/4 mi SE of the junction of State Run and Fishing Creek near Porters Falls, WV.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV103—Wetzel
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV103—Wetzel County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alex Topalanchik
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Peabody
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    weakly coherent

    66 - 89

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic materials

    0—11

    11—55

    66—89

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    —44—

    —23—
    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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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (2.5) very fine roots and common (2.0) fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01283. common very fine and fine roots
    Bt1—11 to 21 centimeters (4.3 to 8.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (2.0) medium roots and common (2.5) fine roots; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01284. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine and medium roots
    Bt2—21 to 38 centimeters (8.3 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (2.0) medium roots and common (2.5) fine roots; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01285. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine and medium roots
    Bt3—38 to 55 centimeters (15.0 to 21.7 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky; few (0.5) fine roots; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01286. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    BC—55 to 66 centimeters (21.7 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior channery silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent distinct clay films; 10 percent by volume flat angular weakly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume flat angular very weakly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 88P01287. few clay films surface features
    Cr—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. Rippable olive and red shale and siltstone.