IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laidig
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981WV067002
  • User Pedon ID: 81WV067002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0705
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49549
  • 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: 38.2561111
  • Std. Longitude: -80.5733337
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.9 mi E of Holcomb on N side of WV secondary rt 94/5 in a wooded area, Nicolas County.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV067—Nicholas
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Delp and P. Amick
  • 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 - Laidig
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • PSC - 23 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1981 (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
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—3

    23—75

    75—152

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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

    27

    824

    180

    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 81P04231. Not sampled. Mixed hardwood leaf litter.
    O2—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 81P04230. Not sampled.
    A1—8 to 11 centimeters (3.1 to 4.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior channery loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04229. many roots
    A2—11 to 16 centimeters (4.3 to 6.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior channery loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04230. many roots
    B1—16 to 31 centimeters (6.3 to 12.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior channery loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04231. many roots
    B2t—31 to 83 centimeters (12.2 to 32.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04232. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 215074; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 215074
    Bx1—83 to 106 centimeters (32.7 to 41.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 roots in cracks; 15 percent , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04233. few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few roots in cracks; common 10YR62 mottles; common 7.5YR58 mottles
    Bx—106 to 160 centimeters (41.7 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery sandy loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) mottles; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; very firm; brittle; 15 percent , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P04234. few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; common 10YR62 mottles; common 10YR52 mottles