IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laidig
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S07WV031004
  • User Pedon ID: S07WV031004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S07WV031004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0066
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19354
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 38.9696426
  • Std. Longitude: -78.6561279
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Was called Laidig Wooded or forested Laidig

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael Jones, Skip Bell, Jeff Thomas, Jason Teets
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Laidig
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, active Typic Fragiudults
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy colluvium derived from sandstone
  • Landscape: valley
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Martinsburg Shale formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 0.50 percent nonflat subangular indurated 250- to 600-millimeter sandstone, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    GAYLU

    KALA

    NYSY

    QUPR2

    SAAL5

    Acer rubrum

    Gaylussacia

    Kalmia latifolia

    Nyssa sylvatica

    Quercus prinus

    Sassafras albidum

    red maple

    huckleberry

    mountain laurel

    blackgum

    chestnut oak

    sassafras

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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

    15

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    642

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    290

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    Oe—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 08N00404; observed in pit, small
    A—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very coarse roots and 11.0 fine roots and 11.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00405; observed in pit, small
    E—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00406; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—18 to 39 centimeters (7.1 to 15.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00407; observed in pit, small
    2Bt2—39 to 71 centimeters (15.4 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak platy structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00408; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 374816; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 374816
    2Bt3—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak very coarse prismatic, and weak platy, and weak subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00409; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 374817; continuous - phpvsfiid 374817
    2Bt4—99 to 144 centimeters (39.0 to 56.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak very coarse prismatic, and weak platy, and weak subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00410; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 374818; continuous - phpvsfiid 374818
    2Bt5—144 to 178 centimeters (56.7 to 70.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak very coarse prismatic, and weak platy, and weak subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 45 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 12 percent coarse light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and 30 percent coarse yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # 08N00411; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 374819; continuous - phpvsfiid 374819