IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Simoda
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2015WV071001
User Pedon ID:
S2015WV071001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
yes
Lab Source ID -
KSSL
Lab Pedon # -
16N0231
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
82553
Print Date:
11/24/2024
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:
38.7426833
Std. Longitude:
-79.4996500
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Near the Type Location for the Simoda soil series; about 3.32 miles N-NE of Spruce Knob and 1.58 miles NW of the community of Simoda, Pendleton County, WV.
Map Unit:
SrB—Simoda channery loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony
State:
West Virginia
County:
WV071—Pendleton
MLRA:
127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
Regional Office:
6—Morgantown, WV
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NE-MOR—Morgantown, West Virginia
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
WV071—Pendleton County, West Virginia
PEDON
Describers Name:
Skip Bell, Katey Yoast, Jason Teets
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, frigid Aquic Fragiorthods
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Simoda (flagged as OSD)
PSC -
31 to 51 cm.
Classificaton Date -
12/4/2017
Classifier -
Jeff Thomas
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
aquic
Moisture Subclass -
aquic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Simoda
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Aquic Fragiorthods
Taxon Kind -
taxadjunct
PSC -
31 to 51 cm.
Classificaton Date -
9/24/2015
Classifier -
S Bell
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
aquic
Moisture SUBClass -
aquic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
loamy colluvium derived from interbedded sedimentary rock
Landscape:
mountains
Landform:
mountain slope
Geomorphic Component Mountains:
mountainflank
Hill Slope Profile:
footslope
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Bedrock:
sandstone and shale at 165cm
Geology:
Mauch Chunk group .
Surface Fragments:
5.00 percent nonflat 250- to 1200-millimeter sandstone, unspecified,
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/2/2015 (actual site observation date)
Data Collector:
J Bell, K Yoast, J Teets
Microrelief Kind:
microslope
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
tree cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
intermixed conifers and hardwoods
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Pedon Restrictions
Kind
Hardness
Restriction Depth L-H
Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
cm
fragipan
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51 - 69
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Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
albic horizon
spodic horizon
fragipan
6—10
10—28
28—51
51—69
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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
7
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1313
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132
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Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; low excavation difficulty; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small. derived from red spruce litter
Oe—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; low excavation difficulty; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
A—6 to 10 centimeters (2.4 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior highly organic silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; 1 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; ultra acid, pH 3.4; clear wavy boundary.; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
E—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) exterior channery loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 2 percent by volume flat angular strongly coherent cemented 150-?-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; extremely acid, pH 3.9; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. 40 percent of the horizon has firm moist rupture resistance.; Field fine-earth texture edited to agree with lab texture.
Bs—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); 95 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) exterior and 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior fine sandy loam; 22 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; weakly smeary; moderate excavation difficulty; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; extremely acid, pH 4.1; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Field fine-earth texture edited to agree with lab texture.
2Bx1—51 to 62 centimeters (20.1 to 24.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) exterior gravelly loam; 22 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; high excavation difficulty; 5 percent fine noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron between peds; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
2Bx2—62 to 102 centimeters (24.4 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior gravelly loam; 19 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate thick platy structure; firm; brittle; high excavation difficulty; 2 percent medium noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions on faces of peds and 8 percent fine noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix surrounding redox depletions; 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Field fine-earth texture edited to agree with lab texture.
2C—102 to 165 centimeters (40.2 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silty clay loam; structureless massive; friable; 5 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 20 percent by volume flat 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. pockets of silty clay weathered from shale
2R—165 centimeters (65.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.