IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Groseclose
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
VPI-SY-4E
User Pedon ID:
V1985-VA173-347
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
VPI
Lab Pedon # -
VPI0347
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
51899
Print Date:
11/12/2024
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:
36.8968278
Std. Longitude:
-81.7368750
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
(Broadford topographic quadrangle); about 0.5 miles south of the junction of Highways VA-631 and US-91 and 0.75 miles north of Buckeye Spring near Sanders Hill in Smyth County
State:
Virginia
County:
VA173—Smyth
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
VA173—Smyth County, Virginia
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
36081-H6—Broadford, 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 -
25 to 75 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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
8
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616
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Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 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—25 to 76 centimeters (9.8 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; 18 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03471, VPI03472
Bt2—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) 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 black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03473, VPI03471
Bt3—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium distinct black (N 2/) manganese masses and 20 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8) masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # VPI03473