IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelocta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986WV005005
  • User Pedon ID: 86WV005005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0689
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58983
  • 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: 38.0144463
  • Std. Longitude: -81.8758316
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Boone County, WV, 400 yards SW of intersection of US 119 and Low Gap Road.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV005—Boone
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barrie Wolf, Carlos Cole and Frank Doonan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 31 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1986 (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

    55

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    1A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior channery silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04008. 20 percent rock fragments.; few fine and medium roots
    1BA—8 to 31 centimeters (3.1 to 12.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04009. 15 percent rock fragments.; common fine and medium roots
    1Bt1—31 to 63 centimeters (12.2 to 24.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 37 percent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04010. 20 percent rock fragments.; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common fine and medium roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231658; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231658
    1Bt2—63 to 94 centimeters (24.8 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04011. 20 percetn rock fragments.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231659; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231659
    1Bt23—94 to 145 centimeters (37.0 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery silt loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint and 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04012. 30 percent rock fragments.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR51 mottles; few fine faint 10YR53 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231660; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231660
    1BC—145 to 165 centimeters (57.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very channery silt loam; 11 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct and 11 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P04013. 40 percent rock fragments.; common medium distinct 10YR51 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR53 mottles