IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shottower
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004VA121002
  • User Pedon ID: S2004VA121002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1172
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17314
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.2003326
  • Std. Longitude: -80.5873642
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA121—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA121—Montgomery County, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Galbraith and Sarah Murray
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shottower
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/10/2004 (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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    25

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 20 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06821
    A—15 to 34 centimeters (5.9 to 13.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06822
    E—34 to 48 centimeters (13.4 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 8 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06823
    Bt1—48 to 75 centimeters (18.9 to 29.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; thin clay films on all faces of peds and thin clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent manganese coatings; 5 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06824. patchy - phpvsfiid 328483; patchy - phpvsfiid 328484; patchy - phpvsfiid 328483; patchy - phpvsfiid 328484
    Bt2—75 to 92 centimeters (29.5 to 36.2 inches); 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; thin clay films on surfaces along pores and thin clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent manganese coatings; 4 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06825. patchy - phpvsfiid 328485; patchy - phpvsfiid 328486; patchy - phpvsfiid 328485; patchy - phpvsfiid 328486
    2Btx1—92 to 113 centimeters (36.2 to 44.5 inches); 20 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; thin clay films on surfaces along pores and thin clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent manganese coatings and 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter quartzite fragments. Lab sample # 04N06826. patchy - phpvsfiid 328487; patchy - phpvsfiid 328488; patchy - phpvsfiid 328487; patchy - phpvsfiid 328488
    2Btx2—113 to 138 centimeters (44.5 to 54.3 inches); 20 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; thin clay films on surfaces along pores and thin clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 5 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06827. patchy - phpvsfiid 328489; patchy - phpvsfiid 328490; patchy - phpvsfiid 328489; patchy - phpvsfiid 328490
    2B't1—138 to 163 centimeters (54.3 to 64.2 inches); 15 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 50 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; thin clay films on surfaces along pores and thin clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 2 percent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06828. continuous - phpvsfiid 328491; continuous - phpvsfiid 328492; continuous - phpvsfiid 328491; continuous - phpvsfiid 328492
    2B't2—163 to 201 centimeters (64.2 to 79.1 inches); 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; thin clay films; 2 percent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 2 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06829. continuous - phpvsfiid 328493; continuous - phpvsfiid 328493
    2B't3—201 to 233 centimeters (79.1 to 91.7 inches); 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; thin clay films; 2 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 2 percent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume quartzite fragments. Lab sample # 04N06830. continuous - phpvsfiid 328494; continuous - phpvsfiid 328494
    2B't4—233 to 249 centimeters (91.7 to 98.0 inches); 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; thin clay films; 2 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 2 percent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06831. continuous - phpvsfiid 328495; continuous - phpvsfiid 328495
    2B't5—249 to 286 centimeters (98.0 to 112.6 inches); 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; thin clay films; 2 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 2 percent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06832. continuous - phpvsfiid 328496; continuous - phpvsfiid 328496