IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dormont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S02-WV051-004
  • User Pedon ID: S02WV051004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - WVU
  • Lab Pedon # - WVU0041
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47597
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 39.9097222
  • Std. Longitude: -80.6522222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Marshall County
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV051—Marshall
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV051—Marshall County, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39080-H6—Moundsville, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WV NRCS Staff
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dormont
  • Classificaton Date - 4/24/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fractured shale
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/24/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • 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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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WVU00260
    Ap2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00261
    Bt1—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00262
    Bt2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 11 percent medium faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00263
    Bt3—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; ; 11 percent medium faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3); 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 21 percent fine prominent light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00264
    Bt4—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; medium and coarse distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings and 11 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions; 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 21 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00265
    2BC—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent fine prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; 21 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 5/3) and 21 percent medium prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00266
    2C1—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silt loam; massive; 11 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings and 21 percent fine prominent gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; 11 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/3); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00267. friable to firm
    2C2—152 to 173 centimeters (59.8 to 68.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions and 11 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); 5 percent by volume 2-?-13 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00268
    2R—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/4); fragments.