IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S99-WV031-015
  • User Pedon ID: S99WV031015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S99-WV031-015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - WVU
  • Lab Pedon # - WVU0060
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47616
  • 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: 39.1730556
  • Std. Longitude: -78.8775000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 25 yards up side slope, South of Drainageway, 175 yards up drainageway from Westvaco access gate on River Road between Moorefield and Romney. Westvaco Property, 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: 39078-B8—Old Fields, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Classificaton Date - 5/27/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: 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: 5/27/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACER

    CARYA

    QUAL

    QUPR2

    Acer

    Carya

    Quercus alba

    Quercus prinus

    maple

    hybrid hickory

    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

    40

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    551

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    Oi—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); fragments.
    Oe—7 to 9 centimeters (2.8 to 3.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2); very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WVU00167
    A—9 to 12 centimeters (3.5 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots and 7.0 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WVU00168
    BA—12 to 17 centimeters (4.7 to 6.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots and 0.5 very coarse roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00169
    Bw1—17 to 27 centimeters (6.7 to 10.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00170
    Bw2—27 to 48 centimeters (10.6 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) channery silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) on faces of peds; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00171
    C—48 to 59 centimeters (18.9 to 23.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) extremely channery silt loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 70 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00172. fractured shale
    Cr—59 to 63 centimeters (23.2 to 24.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # WVU00173