IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vertrees
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005WV037004
  • User Pedon ID: S2005WV037004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0627
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18145
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 39.2675000
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9127778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: VeB—Vertrees silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV037—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MIL—Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV037—Jefferson County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JB,JK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vertrees
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hagerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 4/27/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landscape: karst
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone, unspecified
  • Geology: Stonehenge formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/27/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—173

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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

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 medium roots top of horizon and 10.0 fine roots top of horizon; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 16 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 medium irregular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-36-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; high excavation difficulty; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium irregular and 3.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-36-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly silty clay; 70 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine to medium roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 55 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine manganese nodules; 17 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-3-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt3—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; 70 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 75 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt4—84 to 130 centimeters (33.1 to 51.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; 65 percent clay; 22 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 75 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat angular 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt5—130 to 173 centimeters (51.2 to 68.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; 65 percent clay; 22 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 75 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments.; moist when described;