IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Groseclose
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-BO-2E
  • User Pedon ID: V1985-VA023-313
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0313
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50994
  • 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: 37.4747972
  • Std. Longitude: -79.8492639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: (Villamont topographic quadrangle); about 200 feet west of the junction of Highways VA-640 and VA-812 near Fincastle in Botetourt County
  • Map Unit: 28C—Groseclose silt loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA023—Botetourt
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA023—Botetourt County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37079-D7—Villamont, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Groseclose
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—20 to 71 centimeters (7.9 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium distinct yellow (10YR 7/8) masses of reduced iron; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03131, VPI03132
    Bt2—71 to 147 centimeters (28.0 to 57.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of reduced iron; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03132, VPI03133
    Bt3—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of reduced iron and 20 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3) masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # VPI03133