IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carbo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S99-WV003-008
  • User Pedon ID: S99WV003008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - WVU
  • Lab Pedon # - WVU0046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47602
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 39.4661111
  • Std. Longitude: -77.9058333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: North of Rt. 45 at Blairton Quarry- Altair Farm- Berkeley County
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV003—Berkeley
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV003—Berkeley County, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39077-D8—Martinsburg, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Sencindiver, James Bell, Brain Cooley, Steve Baker, Jason Knopp
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carbo
  • Classificaton Date - 6/4/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Residual-Chambersburg Limestone
  • Bedrock: limestone, unspecified at 61cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/4/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • 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
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    Ap1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate very fine granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 very fine roots and 7.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WVU00009
    Ap2—7 to 19 centimeters (2.8 to 7.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00010
    Bt—19 to 26 centimeters (7.5 to 10.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00011. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 722387; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 722387
    Btss1—26 to 51 centimeters (10.2 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 75 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent manganese coatings; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00012. slickensides 5 to 20cm; continuous - phpvsfiid 722388; continuous - phpvsfiid 722388
    Btss2—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 30 percent distinct clay films; 3 percent fine and medium manganese coatings and 3 percent fine and medium iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume limestone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00013. roots are concentrated at bedrock; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 722390; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 722390
    R—61 to 70 centimeters (24.0 to 27.6 inches); fragments.