IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelocta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-CT-HI-48
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA091-187
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0187
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51130
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 38.5534722
  • Std. Longitude: -79.6667778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Thornwood VA- WV quadrangle; (Highland County, VA); 23000 feet 88 degrees north-northeast of the intersection of Highways VA-28 and VA-250; 9600 feet 233 degrees south-southwest of the intersection of Forest Service Roads 633, 633A, and 598B
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA091—Highland
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA091—Highland County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38079-E6—Thornwood, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • PSC - 28 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • 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

    3—145

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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

    22

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    1109

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    95

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) channery silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    Bw1—6 to 28 centimeters (2.4 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) channery silt loam; 24 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 21 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 30 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01871, VPI01872
    Bw2—28 to 59 centimeters (11.0 to 23.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) channery silt loam; 24 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 30 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01873, VPI01871
    Bw3—59 to 97 centimeters (23.2 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) channery silt loam; 22 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01871, VPI01874
    Bw4—97 to 135 centimeters (38.2 to 53.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) channery silt loam; 31 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01875, VPI01871
    2Bw5—135 to 148 centimeters (53.1 to 58.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loam; 34 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # VPI01871, VPI01876
    2C—148 to 203 centimeters (58.3 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) loam; 44 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 18 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # VPI01877, VPI01871