IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buchanan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2017WV019002
  • User Pedon ID: S2017WV019002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 18N0256
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 37.8811111
  • Std. Longitude: -81.1511111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Located on a roadcut of a bench road of a reclaimed strip mine, 90 yards Northeast of State Route 61, 725 yards Northwest of the mouth of Hickory Branch, 1.0 mile Southeast of the intersection of State Route 61 and State Route 16, Fayette County, WV.
  • Map Unit: LeF—Layland-Dekalb-Guyandotte complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes, extremely stony
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV019—Fayette
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MOR—Morgantown, West Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV705—Fayette and Raleigh Counties Area, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37081-H2—Oak Hill, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jared Beard, Aron Sattler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buchanan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 45 to 95 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2017
  • Classifier - Jared Beard
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy colluvium derived from sandstone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 60.00 percent flat subangular indurated 380- to 600-millimeter sandstone, unspecified, 15.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 600- to 900-millimeter sandstone, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/26/2017 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Jared Beard, Aron Sattler
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - 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

    moderately coherent

    75 - 200

    - 125 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—45

    45—200

    75—200

    —45—

    —155—

    —125—
    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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    625

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    225

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    Oa—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches);, black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face, dry; extremely stony muck; very friable; many (8.0) very fine roots throughout; 35 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 150-?-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 40 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 380-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01931; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dry; extremely gravelly fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak very fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) very fine roots between peds and common (4.0) medium roots between peds and many (5.0) fine roots between peds and few (0.5) coarse roots between peds; 10 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 380-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01932; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—25 to 45 centimeters (9.8 to 17.7 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (2.0) medium roots between peds and common (3.0) fine roots between peds and few (0.5) coarse roots between peds; 15 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry, organic stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 150-?-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01933; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—45 to 75 centimeters (17.7 to 29.5 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face, dry; very stony sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (2.0) medium roots between peds; common (2.0) very fine vesicular and few (0.8) fine tubular and common (3.0) fine vesicular pores; 15 percent coarse prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), dry, and black (N 2.5/), dry, iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 30 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 380-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01934; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btx1—75 to 96 centimeters (29.5 to 37.8 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face, dry; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate thin platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.5) medium roots between peds and few (0.8) fine roots between peds; common (3.0) fine vesicular pores; 5 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, clay bridges between sand grains; 20 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 150-?-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 55 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01935; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btx2—96 to 200 centimeters (37.8 to 78.7 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face, dry; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) fine vesicular and common (2.0) fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent prominent noncoherent cemented gray (7.5YR 6/1), dry, iron-manganese masses and 25 percent faint noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron; 65 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 18N01936; dry when described; observed in pit, small