IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Allegheny
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994VA105004
  • User Pedon ID: 94VA105004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0076
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67094
  • 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: 36.8242760
  • Std. Longitude: -82.8528061
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA105—Lee
  • MLRA: 128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA105—Lee County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36082-G7—Big Stone Gap, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JRT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Allegheny
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 28 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: foothills
  • Landform: slough
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    argillic horizon

    mottles with chroma 2 or less

    mottles with chroma 2 or less

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    0—28

    28—76

    28—

    102—157

    102—

    —28—

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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

    1

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    436

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded sandstone-shale fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00493
    Bt1—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00494. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181254; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181254
    Bt2—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded sandstone-shale fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00495. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181255; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181255
    BC—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume rounded sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00496
    C1—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent medium irregular gray (N 6/0) iron concretions throughout and 5 percent medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded sandstone-shale fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00496
    C2—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent medium irregular gray (N 6/0) iron concretions throughout and 5 percent medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 95P00497