IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Upshur
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957WV035005
  • User Pedon ID: 1957WV035005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39665
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 38.8661079
  • Std. Longitude: -81.8327789
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: two and one-half miles south of Mt. Alto Roadside Park
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV035—Jackson
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV735—Jackson County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Upshur
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1957
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    weakly coherent

    170 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—18

    18—102

    170—

    —18—

    —84—

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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

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; firm, slightly sticky; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30797
    B21—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A30798. continuous - phpvsfiid 1055312; continuous - phpvsfiid 1055312
    B22—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30799. continuous - phpvsfiid 1055313; continuous - phpvsfiid 1055313
    B23—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very sticky, very plastic; clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30800. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1055310; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1055310
    B3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and weak red (2.5YR 4/2) clay; massive, and weak fine angular blocky; very sticky, very plastic; 10 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30801. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1055311; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1055311
    C—102 to 170 centimeters (40.2 to 66.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and weak red (10R 4/2) clay; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21 percent manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30802
    2C—170 centimeters (66.9 inches); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30803