IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cateache
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003WV089002 Sandstone Cateache
  • User Pedon ID: S03WV089002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0125
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16514
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 37.8334427
  • Std. Longitude: -80.8993912
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV089—Summers
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV613—Mercer and Summers Counties, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tony Jenkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cateache
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cateache
  • Classificaton Date - 8/28/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed fine-loamy residuum weathered from shale and siltstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: shale and siltstone
  • Geology: Mauch Chunk formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/28/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00648; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) crushed silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00649; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—16 to 34 centimeters (6.3 to 13.4 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00650; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—34 to 67 centimeters (13.4 to 26.4 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00651; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—67 to 101 centimeters (26.4 to 39.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 10 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00652; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 527811; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 527811
    C—101 to 122 centimeters (39.8 to 48.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior silty clay loam; massive; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 04N00653; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 527812; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 527812
    Cr—122 centimeters (48.0 inches); fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small