IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ernest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979WV067002
  • User Pedon ID: 79WV067002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0240
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46973
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 38.2416649
  • Std. Longitude: -80.5933304
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 7.6 meters NE of W. Va. Route 20. About 2 km N of Fenwick. Nicholas County.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV067—Nicholas
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Amick and Charles Delp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ernest
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    30

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    56

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Not sampled. Mixed hardwood leaf litter.
    O2—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Not sampled.
    A1—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dry; channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01250. many roots
    B1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01251. many roots
    B2t—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dry; channery silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 15 percent , dry, clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01252. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; many roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214120; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214120
    Bx1—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dry; channery silt loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 roots; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry, black stains and 15 percent , dry, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent , dry, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01253. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few roots; common 10YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214121; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214122; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214121; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214122
    Bx2—79 to 136 centimeters (31.1 to 53.5 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; channery loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) mottles; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse platy structure; very firm; brittle; 37 percent , dry, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent , dry, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 30 percent dark concretions; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01254. many dark concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; very few to few 7.5YR58 mottles; very few to few 2.5Y62 mottles; very few to few 10YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214124; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214125; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214124; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214125
    Bx3—136 to 171 centimeters (53.5 to 67.3 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; channery loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse platy structure; firm; brittle; 37 percent , dry, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent , dry, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01255. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214126; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214127; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214126; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214127