IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Groseclose
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-WA-4E
  • User Pedon ID: V1985-VA191-359
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0359
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51931
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 36.7153667
  • Std. Longitude: -81.9690361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: (Chilhowie topographic quadrangle); about 0.6 miles northeast of the junction of Highways US-11 and US-75 near Meek Cemetery in Washington County
  • Map Unit: 16C—Frederick silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA191—Washington
  • MLRA: 128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA191—Washington County Area and the City of Bristol, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36081-F8—Abingdon, 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 - 13 to 63 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—13 to 64 centimeters (5.1 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 7 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 59 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; 25 percent medium distinct yellow (10YR 7/8) masses of reduced iron; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03591, VPI03592
    Bt2—64 to 97 centimeters (25.2 to 38.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03592
    Ct1—97 to 140 centimeters (38.2 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent distinct clay films; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions and 20 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) masses of reduced iron and 20 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03592, VPI03593
    Ct2—140 to 183 centimeters (55.1 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent distinct clay films; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions and 20 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) masses of reduced iron and 20 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # VPI03593