IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pilot Mountain
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VA029_Pilot
  • User Pedon ID: VA029_Pilot
  • Vegetation Plot ID: VA029_Pilot
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0270
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65613
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: In Pilot Mountain State Park; 0.5 mile NW of intersection of Campsite Road and Secondary Road 2053 on Campsite Road. 500 feet SW of campsite number 12 in woodland.
  • Map Unit: 32E—Pilot Mountain-Westfield complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes, very rubbly
  • County: VA029—Buckingham
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA029—Buckingham County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36080-C4—Pinnacle, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger J. Leab, David C. Clapp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, subactive, acid, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pilot Mountain
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/16/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pilot Mountain
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 0
  • Surface Fragments: 4.00 percent 10.00 percent 250
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: I-6
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    OXAR

    QUAL

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Oxydendrum arboreum

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    sourwood

    white oak

    northern red oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    30—76

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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

    19

    152

    97.5

    463

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    90

    1194

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) cobbly loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 21.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity continuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume rounded 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss fragments and 20 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 25 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02193; moist when described;
    E—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) cobbly loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 21.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity continuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume rounded 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss fragments and 20 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 25 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02194; moist when described;
    BE—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) cobbly sandy loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine to coarse roots throughout; 0.5 fine low-continuity continuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume rounded 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss fragments and 20 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 25 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02195; moist when described;
    Bt1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) cobbly sandy clay loam; 3 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 fine and medium roots around fragments; 0.5 fine low-continuity continuous tubular pores; 10 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss fragments and 20 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 25 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02196; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 478202; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 478202
    Bt2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) cobbly clay loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine and medium roots around fragments; 0.5 fine low-continuity continuous tubular pores; 10 percent faint red (2.5YR 4/8) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume rounded 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss fragments and 10 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 25 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02197; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 478203; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 478203
    BC—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) cobbly sandy clay loam; 3 percent dark red (10R 3/6) medium prominent and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 medium roots around fragments; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 15 percent by volume rounded 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss fragments and 20 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 30 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02198; moist when described;
    CB—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) cobbly sandy loam; massive; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 20 percent by volume rounded 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss fragments and 20 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 30 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P02199; moist when described;