IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mcgary
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016WV105001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016WV105001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N2045
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87637
  • 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: 39.1072268
  • Std. Longitude: -81.4191806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: Mg—McGary silty clay loam
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV105—Wirt
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MAT—Marietta, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV601—Wood and Wirt Counties, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39081-A4—Elizabeth, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Hoover; Dan Benyei
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mcgary
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2016
  • Classifier - Dan Benyei
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous lacustrine deposits derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: lakebed (relict)
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Scott Hoover; Dan Benyei
  • 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

    reduced matrix

    0—20

    20—139

    20—55

    —20—

    —119—

    —35—
    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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    193

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 5 percent sand; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; many (8.0) very fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine distinct spherical 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N09320; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 28 percent clay; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout; 40 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N09321; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg—20 to 37 centimeters (7.9 to 14.6 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay; 2 percent sand; 41 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common (1.0) very fine roots throughout; 35 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 35 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N09322; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btkg—37 to 55 centimeters (14.6 to 21.7 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay; 2 percent sand; 47 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; moderate excavation difficulty; common (1.0) very fine roots throughout; 65 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent medium prominent spherical noncoherent cemented white (N 8/), moist, carbonate masses between peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N09323; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—55 to 74 centimeters (21.7 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; 2 percent sand; 62 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; moderate excavation difficulty; common (1.0) very fine roots throughout; 45 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent 5G 6/ (5G 6/), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N09324; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B'tkg—74 to 139 centimeters (29.1 to 54.7 inches); 5G 5/ (5G 5/), clay; 2 percent sand; 62 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; moderate excavation difficulty; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 70 percent faint 5G 5/ (5G 5/), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent coarse prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent medium prominent spherical white (N 8/), moist, carbonate masses between peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 16N09325; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ck—139 to 200 centimeters (54.7 to 78.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay; 1 percent sand; 57 percent clay; massive; very firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 15 percent coarse prominent gray (7.5YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent medium prominent spherical white (N 8/), moist, carbonate masses in cracks; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 16N09326; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket