IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frederick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-SY-4C
  • User Pedon ID: V1985-VA173-346
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0346
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51898
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 36.8722444
  • Std. Longitude: -81.4455833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: (Atkins topographic quadrangle); about 0.3 miles northwest of the junction of Highways VA-617 and VA-622 and 0.2 miles northwest of the mouth of Beaver Creek in Smyth County
  • Map Unit: 15D—Frederick silt loam, 15 to 25 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-G4—Atkins, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frederick
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • 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); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) 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); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 10 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 55 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 # VPI03461, VPI03462
    Bt2—72 to 147 centimeters (28.3 to 57.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of reduced iron; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03462, VPI03463
    Bt3—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of reduced iron and 10 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 8/6) masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # VPI03463