IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S99-WV071-014
  • User Pedon ID: S99WV071014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S99-WV071-014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - WVU
  • Lab Pedon # - WVU0061
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47617
  • Print Date: 4/1/2025

    • 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: 38.6716667
  • Std. Longitude: -79.1669444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.2 miles east of county road on USFS 151, 125 paces downslope on the North side of the ridge. George Washington National Forest, Pendleton County
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV071—Pendleton
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV071—Pendleton County, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38079-F2—Fort Seybert, 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

  • 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

    QUERC

    Quercus

    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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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # WVU00162
    Oe/Oa—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); 7.0 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00162
    A—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) channery silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 very fine and fine roots; ; 15 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00163
    Bw—13 to 27 centimeters (5.1 to 10.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 30 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # WVU00164
    C—27 to 62 centimeters (10.6 to 24.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely channery silt loam; massive; friable; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 80 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00165
    R—62 to 91 centimeters (24.4 to 35.8 inches); 0.5 very fine to medium roots; fragments. fractured shale
    R—91 centimeters (35.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # WVU00166