IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilpin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980WV007010
  • User Pedon ID: 80WV007010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0356
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48134
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 38.7227783
  • Std. Longitude: -80.7688904
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.42 meters N of Gassaway on County Rt. 7 on Steer Creek in woodland on E side of rd.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV007—Braxton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Delp; P. Amick; T. Zang.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    42

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    O1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 80P01851. Leaf litter and twigs. Not sampled.
    O2—7 to 8 centimeters (2.8 to 3.1 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Partially decomposed organic matter. Not sampled.
    A1—8 to 11 centimeters (3.1 to 4.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior channery silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01849. many roots
    A2—11 to 16 centimeters (4.3 to 6.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; 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 # 80P01850. many roots
    B1—16 to 26 centimeters (6.3 to 10.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01851. many roots
    B21t—26 to 49 centimeters (10.2 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 15 percent , moist, clay films; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01852. few clay films surface features; many roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214637; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214637
    B22t—49 to 77 centimeters (19.3 to 30.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 15 percent , moist, clay films; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01853. few clay films surface features; many roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214638; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214638
    R—77 to 87 centimeters (30.3 to 34.3 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments. Sandstone. Not sampled.