IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Downsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005WV037005
  • User Pedon ID: S2005WV037005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0628
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18146
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025

    • 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: 39.2352778
  • Std. Longitude: -77.8213889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: DsB—Downsville gravelly 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,CR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, subactive, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Downsville
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Braddock
  • Classificaton Date - 4/28/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: old loamy alluvium derived from limestone, sandstone, and shale
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/28/2005 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—183

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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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 12 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 6 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-36-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse granular structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 6.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 4.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 4 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-36-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 339579; continuous - phpvsfiid 339579
    Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; 21 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; high excavation difficulty; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; 45 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-36-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. many, medium, distinct 2.5Y 7/3, striped sand grains; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 339581; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 339581
    Bt2—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loam; 23 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular pores; 45 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 22 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-36-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. many, medium, distinct 2.5Y 7/3, striped sand grains; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 339582; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 339582
    2Bt3—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); 55 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 45 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 4.0 medium irregular and 4.0 fine vesicular and 0.5 coarse irregular pores; 10 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, sand coats on surfaces along pores and 55 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-36-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 339586; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 339583; continuous - phpvsfiid 339586; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 339583
    3Bt4—91 to 162 centimeters (35.8 to 63.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; 43 percent clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) distinct and 21 percent dusky red (10R 3/4) medium prominent mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 40 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 55 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-36-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 339584; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 339587; continuous - phpvsfiid 339584; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 339587
    3Bt5—162 to 183 centimeters (63.8 to 72.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; 36 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak thin platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 55 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 339588; continuous - phpvsfiid 339588
    3C—183 to 366 centimeters (72.0 to 144.1 inches); high excavation difficulty; fragments.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket