IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Swanpond
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999WV003004
  • User Pedon ID: S99WV003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0544
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12048
  • 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: 39.4702797
  • Std. Longitude: -77.8905563
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: John Welch Farm
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV003—Berkeley
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV003—Berkeley County, West Virginia
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James Bell, Brian Cooley, Jason Knopp, John Sencindiver and Bill Bates
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Swanpond
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • 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

    135

    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03554
    Ap2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03555. Cracks with a width of 1 to 8mm exist 15 to 20cm apart beginning at the bottom of the Ap2 and extending into Btss4.
    Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03556. many continuous dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) organic films on ped faces; Cracks with a width of 1 to 8mm exist 15 to 20cm apart beginning at the bottom of the Ap2 and extending into Btss4.; patchy - phpvsfiid 198849; patchy - phpvsfiid 198849
    Bt2—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03557. Cracks with a width of 1 to 8mm exist 15 to 20cm apart beginning at the bottom of the Ap2 and extending into Btss4.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198850; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198850
    Btss1—64 to 88 centimeters (25.2 to 34.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03558. common slickensides; cracks with a width of 1 to 8mm exist 15 to 20cm apart beginning at the bottom of the Ap2 and extending into Btss4.; continuous - phpvsfiid 198851; continuous - phpvsfiid 198851
    Btss2—88 to 101 centimeters (34.6 to 39.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03559. common fine gray (10YR 6/1) depletions; few fine yellowish red (5YR 5/8) concentrations; common slickensides; cracks with a width of 1 to 8mm exist 15 to 20cm apart beginning at the bottom of the Ap2 and extending into Btss4.; continuous - phpvsfiid 198852; continuous - phpvsfiid 198852
    Btss3—101 to 128 centimeters (39.8 to 50.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03560. many fine and medium gray (10YR 6/1) depletions; common fine and medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8) concentrations; common slickensides; cracks with a width of 1 to 8mm exist 15 to 20cm apart beginning at the bottom of the Ap2 and extending into Btss4.; continuous - phpvsfiid 198853; continuous - phpvsfiid 198853
    Btss4—128 to 160 centimeters (50.4 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 00P03561. many medium and coarse dark red (2.5YR 4/6) concentrations; few fine light gray (10YR 7/1) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) depletions; black manganese coatings; common slickensides; cracks with a width of 1 to 8mm exist 15 to 20cm apart beginning at the bottom of the Apt2 and extended into Btss4.; continuous - phpvsfiid 198854; continuous - phpvsfiid 198854