IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): moshannon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002WV600 Alluvium-first bottom
  • User Pedon ID: 02WV035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0837
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15754
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 38.7891655
  • Std. Longitude: -81.6544418
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Jackson County, WV; in a meadow at Shatto, approximately 400 feet south of intersection of SR 5/12 and SR 34/1.
  • Map Unit: MoA—Moshannon silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV035—Jackson
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV600—Jackson and Mason Counties, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38081-G6—Ripley, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: tim dilliplane, alex topalanchik
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - moshannon
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium fine-silty, red
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for very brief periods
  • Geology: First Bottom formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9456-104
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face, light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04254; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N04255
    Bw2—43 to 81 centimeters (16.9 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N04256
    Bw3—81 to 135 centimeters (31.9 to 53.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N04257
    C1—135 to 168 centimeters (53.1 to 66.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; massive; friable; 5 percent fine distinct irregular red (2.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses at top of horizon; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded shale, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N04258
    C2—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 03N04259