IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shottower
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004VA121001
  • User Pedon ID: S2004VA121001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2004VA121001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1171
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17313
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA121—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA121—Montgomery County, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Conner and Sarah Murray
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shottower
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • PSC - 22 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    FESTU

    Festuca

    fescue

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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

    3

    10

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    608

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    60

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    Ap—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 04N06812
    A/E—12 to 22 centimeters (4.7 to 8.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 04N06813
    Bt1—22 to 46 centimeters (8.7 to 18.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 medium tubular pores; clay films; 30 percent coarse distinct pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry, and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, iron depletions; 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 04N06814
    Bt2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films; 15 percent coarse distinct reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry, and yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions; 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 04N06815
    Bt3—64 to 98 centimeters (25.2 to 38.6 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) gravelly clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films; 5 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions; 20 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 04N06816
    Bt4—98 to 135 centimeters (38.6 to 53.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) gravelly clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films; 5 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions; 20 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 04N06817
    BCt1—135 to 154 centimeters (53.1 to 60.6 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films; 5 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 04N06818
    BCt2—154 to 180 centimeters (60.6 to 70.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films; 5 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 04N06819
    BCt3—180 to 213 centimeters (70.9 to 83.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films; 10 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 04N06820