IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MAURERTOWN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998VA163035
  • User Pedon ID: 98VA163035
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0284
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10555
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: A slope unit. David Wolf farm - Little calf pasture.
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA163—Rockbridge
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA163—Rockbridge County, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 35
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MAURERTOWN
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01727. charcoal chips.
    Btg1—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine mottles; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01728. md clay films.
    Btg2—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) sandy clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01729. 10% chert pebbles.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200903; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200903
    Btg3—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) sandy clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01730. 2% chert pebbles.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200904; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200904
    BC1—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) sandy clay loam; massive; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01731. 2.5Y 5/6 diffuse mottles; clay bridging; 0% pebbles.
    BC2—127 to 132 centimeters (50.0 to 52.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) sandy clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine mottles; massive; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P01732. 2.5Y 5/6 diffuse mottles; stopped on gravels.