IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frederick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983VA161001
  • User Pedon ID: 83VA161001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983VA161001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0660
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54904
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 300 feet north northeast of the junction of Highway VA-715 and Verndale Avenue near Hollins in Roanoke County (Roanoke topographic quadrangle)
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA161—Roanoke
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA161—Roanoke County and the Cities of Roanoke and Salem, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frederick
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: beekmantown formation
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    MESA

    Medicago sativa

    alfalfa

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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

    4

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    344

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 35 centimeters (0.0 to 13.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—35 to 96 centimeters (13.8 to 37.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay; 3 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03630
    Bt2—96 to 163 centimeters (37.8 to 64.2 inches); clay; yellow (10YR 7/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary.
    Bt3—163 to 183 centimeters (64.2 to 72.0 inches); clay; yellow (10YR 7/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments.