IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelocta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-CT-HI-49
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA091-188
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0188
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51131
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 38.5457500
  • Std. Longitude: -79.6678333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Thornwood VA- WV quadrangle; (Highland County, VA); 11800 feet 217 degrees south-southwest of the intersection of Forest Service Roads 633, 633A, and 598B; 14400 feet 150 degrees south-southeast of the intersection of Highway VA-28 and Forest Service Road 52
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, siliceous, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • PSC - 30 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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

    13—152

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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

    2

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    1100

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    220

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; flat unspecified fragments.
    A—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 15 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; ; 5 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01881
    Bw1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 22 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01882
    Bw2—43 to 89 centimeters (16.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 25 percent sand; 59 percent silt; 16 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01883
    Bw3—89 to 130 centimeters (35.0 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 26 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 17 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01884
    Bw4—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 32 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # VPI01885