IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ernest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004WV093002
  • User Pedon ID: S2004WV093002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0409
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17852
  • Print Date: 4/13/2025

    • 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: 39.1500015
  • Std. Longitude: -79.4436111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: at Blackwater Falls State Park
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV093—Tucker

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Teets, Jason
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ernest
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subrounded 6- to 18-millimeter sandstone, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/2004 (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
    • 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 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 05N02250; observed in pit, small
    Oe—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 05N02251; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—4 to 12 centimeters (1.6 to 4.7 inches); 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed and 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02252; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—12 to 22 centimeters (4.7 to 8.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02253; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—22 to 43 centimeters (8.7 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent fine light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 20 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02254; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Btx1—43 to 75 centimeters (16.9 to 29.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses on surfaces along pores and 20 percent medium gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 20 percent medium brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions on faces of peds; 0 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02255; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Btx2—75 to 117 centimeters (29.5 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1 percent fine reddish gray (2.5YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; 0 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02256; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3BC—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02257; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3C—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior sandy loam; friable; ; 0 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 05N02258; moist when described; observed in pit, small