IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dekalb
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979WV067003
  • User Pedon ID: 79WV067003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0241
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46974
  • Print Date: 5/2/2024

    • 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: 38.4249992
  • Std. Longitude: -80.7783356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 18 meters NE of Spruce Run Rd. about 3 km N of intersection of Spruce Run with US Route 19. Nicholas Co.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV067—Nicholas
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Amick and Charles Delp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, subactive, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dekalb
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dekalb
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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

    67

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    595

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    O1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Not sampled. Mixed hardwood leaf litter.
    O2—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 79P01256
    A1—15 to 19 centimeters (5.9 to 7.5 inches);, black (10YR 2/1) interior, dry; channery loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01257. many roots
    A2—19 to 24 centimeters (7.5 to 9.4 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dry; channery sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01258. many roots
    B1—24 to 33 centimeters (9.4 to 13.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; channery loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01259. many roots
    B2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; very channery sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01260. many roots
    C—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; very channery sandy loam; massive; very friable; 5.5 roots; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01261. many roots
    R—76 to 100 centimeters (29.9 to 39.4 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Not sampled. Platy sandstone.