IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-CT-AL-50
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA005-136
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0136
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51079
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.7016111
  • Std. Longitude: -80.1294444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: (Alleghany County, VA)
  • 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: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • PSC - 28 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent slight weathered shale, unspecified at 56cm
  • 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

    8—58

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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

    62

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    140

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) channery loam; 36 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 medium roots and 11.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01361
    Bw1—11 to 36 centimeters (4.3 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very channery silty clay loam; 18 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 39 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 40 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # VPI01362
    Bw2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very channery silty clay; 11 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 45 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 40 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VPI01363
    Bw3—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) very channery clay; 20 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 42 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; 55 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # VPI01364
    R—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); ; fragments.