IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979WV067009
  • User Pedon ID: 79WV067009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0247
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46980
  • 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: 38.4347229
  • Std. Longitude: -80.7844467
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In a Rd. cut on Powell Mt. about .40 km E of the intersection of Young Monument Rd. with Route 19 Nicholas Co.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV067—Nicholas
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Amick and Clay Handley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, siliceous Typic Dystrochrepts
  • 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

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    O1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Not sampled. Mixed hardwood leaf litter.
    O2—7 to 8 centimeters (2.8 to 3.1 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Not sampled.
    A1—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01297. many roots
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01298. many roots
    B1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01299. many roots
    B2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01300. many roots
    C—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dry; channery loam; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01301. few roots
    R—79 to 100 centimeters (31.1 to 39.4 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Not sampled. highly weathered sandstone.