IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ernest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983WV011001
  • User Pedon ID: 83WV011001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983WV011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0855
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53636
  • 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: 38.3447227
  • Std. Longitude: -82.2055588
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In a wooded abandoned pasture field about .2 miles west of the Guyandotte River and 100 yards north of Tom's Creek in Cabell County. 82 12' 20" W 38 20' 40" N
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV011—Cabell
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV011—Cabell County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Carpenter & Carlos Cole
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ernest
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from sandstone and siltstone and/or colluvium derived from shale
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Conemaugh group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/1983 (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

    ASTR

    LONIC

    POA

    PRSE2

    Asimina triloba

    Lonicera

    Poa

    Prunus serotina

    pawpaw

    honeysuckle

    bluegrass

    black cherry

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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

    20

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    192

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04312
    Bt1—15 to 51 centimeters (5.9 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04313. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270049; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270049
    Bt2—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) very channery clay loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04314. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270050; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270050
    Bt3—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silty clay loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium and 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent manganese coatings and 30 percent iron-manganese concretions and 30 percent ferriargillans; 25 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04315. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270051; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270051
    Bt4—91 to 130 centimeters (35.8 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) channery silty clay loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) coarse and 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent ferriargillans and 30 percent iron-manganese concretions and 30 percent manganese coatings; 25 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04316. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270052; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 270052
    C—130 to 193 centimeters (51.2 to 76.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silty clay loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium and 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine mottles; massive; friable; 75 percent ferriargillans and 75 percent iron-manganese concretions and 75 percent manganese coatings; 25 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 83P04317