IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Mandy
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1995WV093005
User Pedon ID:
95WV093005
User Site Association ID:
8837
Transect:
User Transect ID -
N/A
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
96P0087
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:
38.9919434
Std. Longitude:
-79.4294434
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
South slope of Weiss Knob, about .7 miles south of Canaan Ski Resort.
State:
West Virginia
County:
WV093—Tucker
MLRA:
127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
WV093—Tucker County, West Virginia
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
38079-H4—Laneville, West Virginia
PEDON
Describers Name:
Jenkins, Jim Gorman (WVU)
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
5
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Mandy
Taxonomic Class -
Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
PSC -
25 to 102 cm.
Classificaton Date -
11/14/1995
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
hillside
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
shoulder
Slope Position:
on a slope
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
very high
Drainage Class:
well
Bedrock:
shale and siltstone
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/14/1995 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
3216-99
Microrelief Kind:
microdepression
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
tree cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
intermixed conifers and 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
cambic horizon
0—61
61—170
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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
35
46
15.2
1311
—
175
—
—
—
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—
—
—
—
—
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—
L—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 96P00863. Rock transects 62%.
Oi—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 96P00864
Oe—5 to 7 centimeters (2.0 to 2.8 inches); 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 96P00865
A—7 to 13 centimeters (2.8 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face very channery silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 20-48-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00866
BA—13 to 26 centimeters (5.1 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face very channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 20-48-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00867
Bw—26 to 48 centimeters (10.2 to 18.9 inches); 95 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face and 5 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate permeability; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 20-48-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00868
BC—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face very gravelly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 20-48-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00869
C—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face very channery loam; massive; friable; rapid permeability; 0.5 fine roots around fragments; 10 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 20-48-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 96P00870
Cr—102 to 102 centimeters (40.2 to 40.2 inches); 90 percent by volume angular shale-siltstone fragments. Fractured shale bedrock with pockets of soil material.