IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frankstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S01-WV025-002
  • User Pedon ID: S01WV025002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - WVU
  • Lab Pedon # - WVU0014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47576
  • 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: 37.9200000
  • Std. Longitude: -80.3738889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Frankford on McKeever Road near OSD site, Greenbrier County
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV025—Greenbrier
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV025—Greenbrier County, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37080-H3—Anthony, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: NRCS Staff
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frankstown
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Greenbrier Formation shale and siltstone
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/2001 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00090
    E—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00091
    BE—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; and pores; ; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00092
    Bt1—30 to 64 centimeters (11.8 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent faint clay films; 5 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00093. highly weathered siltstone
    Bt2—64 to 109 centimeters (25.2 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent distinct clay films; 10 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00094. highly weathered siltsone fragments
    Bt3—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) channery silty clay loam; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 75 percent distinct clay films; 30 percent black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese coatings; 25 percent by volume unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00095. highly weathered rock fragments
    BC—137 to 201 centimeters (53.9 to 79.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; 1 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) fine distinct and 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese coatings; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # WVU00096. common silt flows; few clay skins
    C—201 to 216 centimeters (79.1 to 85.0 inches); silty clay loam; massive; friable; black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # WVU00097