IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Groseclose
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-SY-1B
  • User Pedon ID: V1985-VA173-336
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0336
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51888
  • 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: 36.9418722
  • Std. Longitude: -81.5156500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: (Chataham Hill topographic quadrangle); about 100 feet norhteast of the junction of Highways VA-610 and VA-687 near Sexton Cemetery in Smyth County
  • Map Unit: 16C—Frederick gravelly silt loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA173—Smyth
  • MLRA: 128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA173—Smyth County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36081-H5—Chatham Hill, 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 - 18 to 68 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—18 to 69 centimeters (7.1 to 27.2 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) clay; 9 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 56 percent 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; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03361, VPI03362
    Bt2—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium distinct 7.5YR 4/8 (7.5YR 4/8) masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03362
    BCt—102 to 145 centimeters (40.2 to 57.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03363
    Ct—145 to 183 centimeters (57.1 to 72.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) silty clay loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent distinct clay films; 20 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2) masses of reduced iron and 20 percent medium distinct red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # VPI03363