IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Alticrest
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
VPI-CT-AL-3
User Pedon ID:
V1992-VA005-133
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
VPI
Lab Pedon # -
VPI0133
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
51076
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:
37.6891667
Std. Longitude:
-80.1416667
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Alleghany VA- WV quadrangle; (Alleghany County, VA); 4800 feet 174 degrees degrees southeast of the intersection of Highways VA-600 and VA-613; 19750 feet 70 degrees east of the intersection of Highways VA-604 and VA-600
Country:
US—United States
State:
Virginia
County:
VA005—Alleghany
MLRA:
128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
VA005—Alleghany County, Virginia
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
37080-F2—Alleghany, Virginia
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, siliceous, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Alticrest
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, siliceous, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
PSC -
28 to 67 cm.
Classificaton Date -
9/27/2009
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Bedrock:
strongly coherent slight weathered sandstone, unspecified at 64cm
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/27/2009 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
tree cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Yield Study ID -
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
cambic horizon
lithic contact
25—36
64—
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—-
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
17
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838
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132
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Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
E1—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy fine sand; 83 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 21 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01331, VPI01332
E2—16 to 28 centimeters (6.3 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loamy fine sand; 73 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01332, VPI01331
Bw—28 to 39 centimeters (11.0 to 15.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; 74 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01331, VPI01333
C—39 to 67 centimeters (15.4 to 26.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) channery fine sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VPI01334, VPI01331
R—67 to 77 centimeters (26.4 to 30.3 inches); ; fragments.