IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sherando
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004VA165001
  • User Pedon ID: S2004VA165001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1177
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17319
  • 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: 38.3464737
  • Std. Longitude: -78.6837769
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA165—Rockingham
  • MLRA: 128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA165—Rockingham County, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sarah Murray and John Galbraith
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sherando
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/2004 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

    10

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    327

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    280

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) very gravelly loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; loose; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06869
    BA—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06870
    Bt1—20 to 45 centimeters (7.9 to 17.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06871
    Bt2—45 to 73 centimeters (17.7 to 28.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06872
    2Bt3—73 to 99 centimeters (28.7 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; single grain, and massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains and clay films on rock fragments; 1 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06873. continuous - phpvsfiid 328997; continuous - phpvsfiid 328997
    2Bt4—99 to 132 centimeters (39.0 to 52.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains and clay films on rock fragments; 3 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06874. continuous - phpvsfiid 328999; continuous - phpvsfiid 328999
    2Bt5—132 to 169 centimeters (52.0 to 66.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains and clay films on rock fragments; 3 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06874. continuous - phpvsfiid 329001; continuous - phpvsfiid 329001
    2Bt6—169 to 201 centimeters (66.5 to 79.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains and clay films on rock fragments; 3 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 04N06875. continuous - phpvsfiid 329003; continuous - phpvsfiid 329003
    3C—201 centimeters (79.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 04N06876