IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vertrees
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005WV037008
  • User Pedon ID: S2005WV037008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0631
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18149
  • Print Date: 4/9/2025

    • 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: 39.4477778
  • Std. Longitude: -77.7988889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: HeC—Hagerstown silt loam 8 to 15 percent slopes, very rocky
  • 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, subactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vertrees
  • PSC - 33 to 83 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: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone, unspecified
  • Geology: Conococheague 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 - pastureland, tame
  • 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—33

    33—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

    2

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 12 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 10.0 fine roots top of horizon; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 14 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 3 percent fine black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-36-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 339598; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 339598
    Bt2—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse irregular pores; 55 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent medium prominent black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt3—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 55 percent clay; 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine 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; 10 percent medium prominent black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; 1 percent fine manganese nodules; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 339592; continuous - phpvsfiid 339592
    Bt4—84 to 145 centimeters (33.1 to 57.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay; 55 percent clay; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate thick platy parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 75 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 339594; continuous - phpvsfiid 339594
    Bt5—145 to 190 centimeters (57.1 to 74.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay; 45 percent clay; 1 percent pale olive (5Y 6/3) coarse prominent and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 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 (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 339595; continuous - phpvsfiid 339595