IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S99-WV031-012
  • User Pedon ID: S99WV031012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S99-WV031-012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - WVU
  • Lab Pedon # - WVU0058
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47614
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 38.9969444
  • Std. Longitude: -78.9311111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Orndorff Property on State Park Road, Hardy County
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV031—Hardy
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV628—Grant and Hardy Counties, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38078-H8—Lost River State Park, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ron Estepp, Aaron Friend, Steve Baker
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Classificaton Date - 5/26/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fractured, interbedded sandstone and shale
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): NASIS Site Name (MLRA06_Morgantown) was transferred over (MLRA12_Amherst) to align with the new USDA-NRCS SPSD Regional Office boundaries. The MLRA12-Amherst NASIS Site will eventually be renamed as the Northeast NASIS Site.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/26/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 23
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACER

    ACPE

    HAMAM

    KALA

    QUAL

    QUPR2

    Acer

    Acer pensylvanicum

    Hamamelis

    Kalmia latifolia

    Quercus alba

    Quercus prinus

    maple

    striped maple

    witchhazel

    mountain laurel

    white oak

    chestnut oak

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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

    47

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    451

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments.
    Oe—5 to 7 centimeters (2.0 to 2.8 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00150
    A/E—7 to 10 centimeters (2.8 to 3.9 inches); channery silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 30 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00151. half fragments greater than 3inches and half less than 3inches
    Bw1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 30 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00152. 60% of fragments are less than 3 inches and 40% are greater than.
    Bw2—25 to 59 centimeters (9.8 to 23.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 25 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00153. 80% of fragments are less than 3 inches
    C—59 to 77 centimeters (23.2 to 30.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) extremely channery silt loam; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine to coarse pores; 70 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00154. 80% of fragments are less than 3 inches
    Cr—77 to 97 centimeters (30.3 to 38.2 inches); 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions in cracks; fragments. Lab sample # WVU00155. fractured soft shales