IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lappans
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005WV037007
  • User Pedon ID: S2005WV037007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0630
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18148
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.2761111
  • Std. Longitude: -77.8541667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: La—Lappans (marl) loam
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, calcareous, mesic Fluventic Calciudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lappans
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Huntington
  • Classificaton Date - 4/29/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy lacustrine deposits derived from marl
  • Landscape: karst
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods begining in jan
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/29/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—18

    18—190

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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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) marly silt loam; 10 percent clay; strong fine granular structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 25.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3 percent shell fragments; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) marly loam; 12 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 25.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 4.0 medium and coarse tubular and 15.0 fine irregular pores; 3 percent distinct white (2.5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate coats on surfaces along pores and 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 4 percent shell fragments; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 339600; continuous - phpvsfiid 339601; continuous - phpvsfiid 339600; continuous - phpvsfiid 339601
    Bk2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) marly loam; 14 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 4.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine and medium tubular and 15.0 fine irregular and 4.0 coarse vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), moist, carbonate coats on surfaces along pores; 2 percent shell fragments; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 339602; continuous - phpvsfiid 339602
    Bk3—48 to 91 centimeters (18.9 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) marly silty clay loam; 16 percent clay; 30 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 4.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine and medium tubular and 15.0 fine irregular and 4.0 coarse vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), moist, carbonate coats on surfaces along pores; 3 percent shell fragments; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 339603; continuous - phpvsfiid 339603
    Bk4—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) marly silty clay loam; 15 percent clay; 30 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium vesicular and 25.0 fine and medium irregular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), moist, carbonate coats on surfaces along pores; 2 percent shell fragments; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 339604; continuous - phpvsfiid 339604
    Bk5—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) marly clay loam; 14 percent clay; 30 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium vesicular and 25.0 fine tubular and 4.0 coarse irregular pores; 30 percent distinct pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), moist, carbonate coats on surfaces along pores; 2 percent shell fragments; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 339605; continuous - phpvsfiid 339605
    Bk6—152 to 190 centimeters (59.8 to 74.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) marly loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine faint mottles; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 15.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 medium tubular and 20.0 fine tubular and 4.0 coarse irregular pores; 30 percent distinct pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), moist, carbonate coats on surfaces along pores; 21 percent fine distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, iron-manganese masses lining pores; 3 percent shell fragments; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 339606; continuous - phpvsfiid 339606